Coastal Flood in Chesapeake, Virginia

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 moderate coastal flooding in Chesapeake. Sewells Point reached 5.58 ft MLLW at 454 PM EST on September 16, the Western Branch of the Elizabeth River reached 6.02 ft MLLW at 442 PM EST on September 16, and Money Point reached 6.08 ft MLLW at 506 PM EST on September 16.

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.