Coastal Flood in Norfolk, Virginia

Coastal Flood January 3, 2022 · Norfolk, Virginia

What the National Weather Service wrote

A combination of higher astronomical tides and deepening surface low pressure tracking across North Carolina then northeast out to sea, produced very strong northeast or north winds which caused moderate (tidal) coastal flooding over portions of Norfolk adjacent to the Chesapeake Bay. Sewell's Point reached 6.28 feet MLLW at 1018 am on Monday, January 3.

The wider storm

A combination of higher astronomical tides and deepening surface low pressure tracking across North Carolina then northeast out to sea, produced very strong northeast or north winds which caused moderate to major (tidal) coastal flooding across portions of the Chesapeake Bay.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1006858. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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