Coastal Flood in Newport News, Virginia

Coastal Flood October 28, 2025 · Newport News, Virginia

What the National Weather Service wrote

Strong northeast winds between coastal low pressure offshore and high pressure over eastern Canada resulted in an extended period of coastal flooding. The gauge at Smithfield recorded moderate coastal flooding of 4.37 ft MLLW at 3:05 PM EDT on October 28th.

The wider storm

Low pressure off the Mid-Atlantic coast combined with high pressure in Canada, resulting in a lengthy period of northeasterly onshore flow. Increasing tidal anomalies resulted in moderate to locally major tidal flooding over an extended period.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1297473. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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