Coastal Flood — Northampton, Virginia

2025-09-16 · Northampton, Virginia

Event narrative

A coastal low lingered near the North Carolina and Virginia coastline on September 16, slowly moving northwest into the Chesapeake Bay by the evening of September 16. This low brought a prolonged period of elevated northerly winds across the Chesapeake Bay, resulting in widespread moderate coastal flooding across Northampton County. Oyster reached 7.74 ft MLLW at 4 PM EST on September 16, Bayford reached 3.75 ft MLLW at 548 PM EST on September 16, Kiptopeke reached 5.31 ft MLLW at 4 PM EST on September 16, and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel reached 6.14 ft MLLW at 354 PM EST on September 16.

Wider weather episode

A coastal low lingered near the North Carolina and Virginia coastline on September 16, slowly moving northwest into the Chesapeake Bay by the evening of September 16. This low brought a prolonged period of elevated northerly winds across the Chesapeake Bay, resulting in widespread moderate to locally major coastal flooding across portions of eastern Virginia.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1295816. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.