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Coastal Flood in Northampton, Virginia
Coastal Flood August 21, 2025 – August 22, 2025 · Northampton, Virginia
What the National Weather Service wrote
Hurricane Erin passed well offshore and combined with high pressure to the north, resulting in a period of strong onshore winds and coastal flooding across eastern Virginia and the Virginia Eastern Shore. The tide gauge at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel rose above moderate flood thresholds to a value of 5.96 feet MLLW at 7:00 PM EST on August 21. The tide gauge at Kiptopeke VA, rose above moderate thresholds twice: recording 5.47 feet MLLW at 8:26 PM EST August 21 and 5.09 feet MLLW at 8:36 PM EST on August 22.
The wider storm
Hurricane Erin passed well offshore and combined with high pressure to the north, resulting in a period of strong onshore winds and coastal flooding across eastern Virginia and the Virginia Eastern Shore.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1292366. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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