Shawboro, North Carolina

... Coastal Flood Warning remains in effect until 6 PM EST
Friday...

A coastal Flood Warning remains in effect until 6 PM EST Friday.

The approaching new phase of the moon... in tandem with the strong
onshore flow... will lead to increasing tidal anomalies today and
tonight. The greatest threat for severe flooding can be expected
during the high tide cycles this afternoon and again Friday
morning... as anomalies reach 4.5 to 5.5 feet above normal. The
anomalies will diminish to 2 to 3 feet above normal by late
Friday afternoon and evening.

The high tide cycles this afternoon will occur at 527 PM EST at
Sewells Point... and at 435 PM EST at Chesapeake Bay bridge
Tunnel. Water levels with these high tides referenced to mean
lower low water... are expected to reach 7.7 to 8.2 feet at
Sewells Point... and 7 to 7.5 feet at Chesapeake Bay bridge
Tunnel... resulting in severe flooding. Friday morning's high
tides are expected between 430 and 630 am EST... with severe
flooding once again expected.

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.

... Flood Watch remains in effect through Friday morning...

The Flood Watch continues for

* portions of the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland... North
Carolina and Virginia... including the following areas... in the
lower Eastern Shore of Maryland... inland Worcester and
Maryland beaches. In North Carolina... Bertie... Camden...
Chowan... gates... Hertford... inland Currituck... Northampton
NC... Outer Banks Currituck... Pasquotank and Perquimans. In
Virginia... Accomack... Chesapeake... Isle of Wight... Newport
News/Hampton... Norfolk/Portsmouth... Northampton VA...
Southampton... Suffolk... Virginia Beach and York.

* Through Friday morning

* periods of heavy rain will continue through this evening.
Additional rainfall amounts of 3 to 5 inches are anticipated
through midnight tonight... with locally higher amounts possible.
Total rainfall amounts from this storm will will range between 8
and 12 inches... with locally higher amounts.

* Additional rainfall may cause flooding of creeks and small
streams through today. Also... flooding may occur in poor
drainage areas.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding based on
current forecasts.

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible
flood warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be
prepared to take action should flooding develop.

... High Wind Warning remains in effect until 6 am EST Friday...

A High Wind Warning remains in effect until 6 am EST Friday.

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 very strong
and gusty northeast winds today into early Friday. These winds...
from the Maryland beaches south across the Virginia Eastern Shore
and Hampton Roads to the northern Outer Banks... will average
30 to 40 mph with gusts to 55 to 60 mph... and continue into
Friday morning. The winds will gradually weaken Friday afternoon
into Saturday as the high pressure system moves northeast into
the northern Atlantic... and the area of low pressure moves east...
out to sea.

Very strong winds and saturated ground will result in downed
trees... and cause widespread power outages.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A High Wind Warning means a hazardous high wind event is expected
or occurring. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts
of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage. Winds this strong
can also make driving difficult... especially for high profile
vehicles. Use extra caution.

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

A record rainfall for this date was set at Norfolk VA.

So far today... 3.30 inches fell today. This breaks the old record of
3.12 set in 1937.

An update will be sent on Fri morning.

... Intense coastal storm continues to bring widespread heavy
rainfall and strong winds to the mid Atlantic region...

Widespread heavy rain continues across portions of eastern and
central Virginia and is moving northward into the Delmarva
Peninsula. Low pressure responsible for the heavy rainfall and
strong winds is located near Cape Hatteras at 3 PM Thursday. 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 from near 5 to around 8 inches since Tuesday night... with
locally higher amounts.

The following are unofficial peak wind gusts from ASOS and AWOS
sites across southeast Virginia... the Delmarva Peninsula and
northeastern Virginia... since 600 am Wednesday through 3 PM this
afternoon.

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Location peak wind gust (mph)

Cbbv2 (chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel va) 65 (118 PM est)
chyv2 (cape Henry va) 67 (207 PM est)
ykrv2 (york river light va) 64 (130 PM est)
korf (norfolk va) 60 (117 PM est)
rplv2 (rappahannock light va) 60 (230 PM est)
kwal (wallops va) 55 (121 PM est)
wahv2 (wachapreague va) 57 (154 PM est)
kntu (oceana va) 56 (1256 am est)
koxb (ocean city md) 56 (1215 PM est)
kecg (elizabeth city nc) 54 (204 PM est)


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 storm totals unless 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 (kphf) 7.67 (through 3 pm)

... Norfolk...

   Norfolk Intl Airport (korf) 5.39 (through 3 pm)

... Portsmouth...

   Portsmouth 7.15 (through 3 pm)

... Hampton...

   Langley Air Force Base (klfi) 7.63 (through 3 pm)

... Virginia Beach...

   Oceana Naval Air Station (kntu) 6.96 (through 12 pm)

... Chesapeake...

   Chesapeake Municipal Airport (kcpk) 4.56 (through 3 pm)

... Suffolk...

   Suffolk Municipal Airport (ksfq) 5.46 (through 3 pm)

... Sussex County...

   Wakefield Municipal Airport (kakq) 4.87 (through 3 pm)

... Petersburg...

   Petersburg/Dinwiddie cnty Arpt (kptb) 3.38 (through 12 pm)

... Hanover County...

   Hanover County Municipal Arpt (kofp) 4.42 (through 3 pm)
   Beaverdam 2.41 (through 9 am)

... Henrico County...

   Glen Allen 4.12 (through 3 pm)
   Richmond Intl Airport (kric) 3.41 (through 3 pm)

... Prince Edward County...

   Farmville (kfvx) 3.96 (through 3 pm)

... Accomack County...

   Wallops Island (kwal) 2.35 (through 3 pm)

... 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) 6.17 (through 3 pm)

In Maryland...

... Worchester County...

   Ocean City (koxb) 2.39 (through 3 pm)

... Wicomico County...

   Salisbury (ksby) 2.17 (through 4 pm)