Coastal Flood Watch issued October 17 at 3:37PM EDT until October 20 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
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* WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, up to one foot of inundation above ground level expected in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways. For the Coastal Flood Watch, one to two feet of inundation above ground level possible in low- lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways. * WHERE...Chesapeake and Suffolk, and Norfolk and Portsmouth Counties. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Advisory, from noon today to 6 PM EDT this evening. For the Coastal Flood Watch, from Monday afternoon through Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...Numerous roads may be closed. Low lying property including homes, businesses, and some critical infrastructure may be inundated. Some shoreline erosion may occur. If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- VA, US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- Chesapeake; Suffolk; Norfolk; Portsmouth
- event
- Coastal Flood Watch
- onset
- 2026-10-19T12:00:00-04:00
- states
- ["VA"]
- urgency
- Future
- certainty
- Possible
- effective
- 2026-10-17T15:37:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4904642fe94e759e153a6139eff32c7e38e6a62d.004.2
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.afe2f9193a3a2df5376f67adc34e6251370539be.002.2"]
- instruction
- If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property.
- message type
- Update
- location basis
- Approximate: centers of the NWS zones listed in the alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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