Coastal Flood in Norfolk, Virginia

Coastal Flood September 6, 2019 · Norfolk, Virginia

What the National Weather Service wrote

Very strong northeast to north winds associated with Hurricane Dorian produced tidal anomalies between 2.5 and 3.5 feet over the southern Chesapeake Bay. This caused moderate coastal flooding over portions of Norfolk. Sewells Point reached 5.87 feet MLLW at 342 pm on September 6. Some streets were flooded and closed, and vehicles were stranded in the Ghent area.

The wider storm

Hurricane Dorian tracking northeast along the North Carolina coast and just off the Virginia coast produced very strong northeast to north winds which caused moderate to major coastal flooding across portions of the southern Chesapeake Bay and James River.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 856832. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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