Marine Tropical Storm — Chesapeake Bay From Little Creek, Va, To Cape Henry, Va, Including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, Atlantic North

2025-08-21 · Chesapeake Bay From Little Creek, Va, To Cape Henry, Va, Including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, Atlantic North

Event narrative

The Third Island (XBBT) mesonet measured tropical storm force winds of 30 to 45 knots between 3 AM and 6:30 PM EST with a peak gust of 43 knots at 12:03 PM EST. The Lynnhaven Inlet Light (XLHI) mesonet measured tropical storm force winds between 30 and 35 knots between 8 AM and 5 PM EST with a peak gust of 34 knots at 9:39 AM EST.

Wider weather episode

The center of Hurricane Erin stayed several hundred miles east of the Middle Atlantic coast on August 21, 2025. However, due the extremely large size of the cyclone with an expansive wind field, tropical storm force gusts occurred over the coastal waters and lower/middle Chesapeake Bay.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1292175. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.