Coastal Flood in Suffolk, Virginia

Coastal Flood September 16, 2025 · Suffolk, Virginia

What the National Weather Service wrote

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.

The wider storm

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 1295821. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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