Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for Stafford (VAZ055) Virginia Issued by the National Weather Service

 

Coastal Flood Advisory Coastal Flood Advisory - Stafford (Virginia)


Updated:Tue 07-Sep-10 09:44pm EDT
Effective:Tue 07-Sep-10 09:44pm EDT
Expires:Wed 08-Sep-10 11:00am EDT
Severity:Minor
Urgency:Expected
Certainty:Likely
Status:Actual
Type:Alert
Category:Met

Areas affected: Arlington; Arlington, Falls Church, Alexandria; Caroline; City of Alexandria; City of Fairfax; City of Falls Church; City of Fredericksburg; City of Manassas; City of Manassas Park; Culpeper; District of Columbia; Essex; Fairfax; Fauquier; King George; Loudoun; Montgomery; Prince William; Prince William, Manassas, Manassas Park; Spotsylvania; Stafford; Westmoreland
 
Message summary: ...coastal flood advisory in effect from 1 am to 11 am edt wednesday...
The national weather service in baltimore md/washington has issued a coastal flood advisory...which is in effect from 1 am to 11 am edt wednesday. South winds will continue to push water up the chesapeake bay and its estuaries overnight. This combined with a new moon which brings also brings higher tides...and this next high tide being the higher of the two daily high tides...will allow for minor tidal flooding of the most prone areas during wednesday mornings high tide. Here are the times of the next high tide for a few locations from north to south...
On the chesapeake bay...
Havre de grace...10:05 am...
Bowley bar...7:43 am...
Fort mchenry baltimore...6:52 am...
Annapolis u.s. Naval academy...5:22 am...
Chesapeake beach...4:05 am...
Solomons island...2:14 am...
Point lookout...1:24 am...
Now along the potomac river...
Washington channel...8:17 am...
Alexandria...8:35 am...
Indian head...8:03 am...
Aquia creek...6:49 am...
Goose bay...4:09 am...
Coltons point...2:59 am. This coastal flood advisory indicates that high tide will generate minor flooding of the most prone low lying areas along the shore.
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