Delmar, Maryland

... Coastal Flood Warning in effect until 6 PM EST Saturday...

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a coastal
Flood Warning... which is in effect until 6 PM EST Saturday.

The approaching new phase of the moon... in tandem with a persistent
northeast flow is keeping water trapped in the Bay... leading to increasing
tidal anomalies for the upcoming tide cycles through Saturday afternoon.
Anomalies of 1 to 1.5 feet above normal are expected this afternoon... increasing
to 2 to 2.5 feet above normal later tonight through Friday.

At Cambridge... high tide early this afternoon will occur at 1216
PM EST... with water levels referenced to mean lower low water
expected to be from 3.1 to 3.6 feet... resulting in minor flooding.
High tide tonight into early Friday will occur at 1221 am... with
water levels referenced to mean lower low water expected to be
from 3.5 to 4 feet... resulting in moderate flooding. Moderate
flooding is expected to continue through Saturday afternoon.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A coastal Flood Warning means that flooding is occurring or
imminent. Coastal residents in the warned area should be alert
for rising water... and take appropriate action to protect life
and property.

... Wind Advisory in effect until 9 PM EST this evening...

The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a Wind
Advisory... which is in effect until 9 PM EST this evening.

The combination of strong high pressure over the Great Lakes and
northern New England... and low pressure moving northeast along
the Carolina coast will result in a continuation of gusty
northeast winds today into this evening. These winds... from
interior sections of the lower Maryland Eastern Shore... to
interior eastern... central and south central Virginia... and
interior northeast North Carolina 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 40 to
45 mph into this evening. The winds will gradually weaken today
through Friday as the high pressure system moves northeast into
the northern Atlantic... and the area of low pressure begins to
move east... and out to sea.

Gusty winds and saturated ground may cause downed trees... and also
result in scattered power outages.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A Wind Advisory means that winds of 25 to 35 mph are expected.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult... especially for
high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

... Record daily maximum rainfall set at Norfolk VA...

Norfolk received 2.31 inches of precipitation yesterday... November
11th. This is a new daily record... breaking the old record of 1.44
set in 1979.

... Coastal low brings widespread rainfall to the area...
... High winds and coastal flooding continues along the mid Atlantic
coast...

Widespread heavy continues across eastern Virginia and northeast
North Carolina... associated with a low pressure system just south of
moorehead city North Carolina. Rainfall amounts have varied over the
region over the past 48 hours... with the heaviest rainfall occurring
over southeast Virginia and northeast North Carolina. Rainfall
amounts in these region have ranged between 3 and 5 inches since
Tuesday night.

The following are unofficial peak wind gusts from ASOS and AWOS
sites across southeast Virginia during the 24 hour period beginning
at 930 am Wednesday and ending at 930 am this morning.

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Location peak wind gust (mph)

Cbbv2 (chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel va) 64
chyv2 (cape Henry va) 64
korf (norfolk va) 59
kwal (wallops va) 56
Portsmouth (va) 55
kntu (oceana va) 52


Here are the latest unofficial reports in inches from storm spotters
and cocorahs... along with a few official reports from area airports.
Precipitation amounts are from 10 am Tue - 10 am Thu (48 hours)... or
otherwise specified.

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Location rainfall (in)

In Virginia...

... Mathews County...

   gwynns island 3.52 (through 9 am)

... Newport News...

   Newport News/Williamsburg Intl arpt) 5.93 (through 10 am)

... Norfolk...

   Norfolk Intl Airport (korf) 4.09 (through 10 am)

... Portsmouth...

   Portsmouth 5.03 (through 9 am)

... Hampton...

   Langley Air Force Base (klfi) 5.54 (through 10 am)

... Virginia Beach...

   Oceana Naval Air Station (kntu) 5.28 (through 10 am)

... Chesapeake...

   Chesapeake Municipal Airport (kcpk) 3.68 (through 10 am)

... Suffolk...

   Suffolk Municipal Airport (ksfq) 4.31 (through 10 am)

... Sussex County...

   Wakefield Municipal Airport (kakq) 3.91 (through 10 am)

... Petersburg...

   Petersburg/Dinwiddie cnty Arpt (kptb) 2.72 (through 10 am)

... Hanover County...

   Hanover County Municipal Arpt (kofp) 3.64 (through 10 am)
   Beaverdam 2.41 (through 9 am)

... Henrico County...

   Glen Allen (through 9 am) 3.37 (through 9 am)
   Richmond International Airport (kric) 2.68 (through 10 am)

... Chesterfield County...

   Winterpock 3.50 (through 9 am)

... Powhatan County...

   Powhatan 2.39 (through 9 am)

... Richmond County...

   Newland 3.10 (through 9 am)


In North Carolina...

... Pasquotank County...

   Elizabeth City Coast Guard (kecg) 4.57 (through 10 am)