Coastal Flood — Suffolk, Virginia

2025-09-16 · Suffolk, 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 moderate coastal flooding in Suffolk. Sewells Point reached 5.58 ft MLLW at 454 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 1295821. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.