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Coastal Flood in York, Virginia

Coastal Flood September 20, 2024 – September 23, 2024 · York, Virginia

What the National Weather Service wrote

The combination of strong high pressure over eastern Canada and weak low pressure off the southern New England coast, resulted in prolonged northeast, east and southeast winds which caused minor to moderate (tidal) coastal flooding over portions of York county. Yorktown reached 5.04 feet MLLW at 112 pm on Sunday, September 22.

The wider storm

The combination of strong high pressure over eastern Canada and weak low pressure off the southern New England coast, resulted in prolonged northeast, east and southeast winds which caused minor to moderate (tidal) coastal flooding across portions of the York River.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1219068. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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