Update: Coastal Flood Advisory issued September 19 at 6:32PM EDT expiring September 20 at 1:00AM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA

Event: Coastal Flood Advisory
Sender Name: NWS Wakefield VA
Issued: 2017-09-19T18:32:40-04:00
Expires: 2017-09-20T01:00:00-04:00
Description: * LOCATION…HAMPTON ROADS LOCATIONS ADJACENT TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY…LOWER
JAMES RIVER… YORK RIVER…AND TIDAL TRIBUTARIES.

* TIMING…EXPECT MINOR FLOODING WITHIN A FEW HOURS EITHER SIDE OF THE HIGH
TIDE CYCLE LATE THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THE FOLLOWING HIGH TIDE CYCLE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS…SHALLOW FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN THE MOST VULNERABLE
LOCATIONS NEAR THE WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE RESULTING IN A LOW THREAT OF
PROPERTY DAMAGE. EXPECT AROUND ONE FOOT OF INUNDATION IN LOW LYING,
VULNERABLE AREAS. SOME ROADS AND LOW LYING PROPERTY INCLUDING PARKING LOTS,
PARKS AND LAWNS NEAR THE WATERFRONT WILL EXPERIENCE SHALLOW FLOODING.

Instruction: A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS THAT ONSHORE WINDS…WAVE ACTION AND/OR TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO CREATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE…AND NEAR TIDAL
RIVERS AND CREEKS. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ROAD CLOSURES AND MINOR
FLOODING OF PROPERTIES. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY…DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE
THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

Link to more Info: http://www.weather.gov
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Minor
Certainty: Likely
Categories: Met,
Area Description: Norfolk/Portsmouth; Newport News; York; Hampton/Poquoson; Chesapeake; Suffolk

Message Identifier: NWS-IDP-PROD-2526140-2357587
CAP MessageType: Update