Colonial Beach, Virginia

... Coastal Flood Warning remains in effect from midnight tonight
to 6 PM EST Friday...

A combination of strong high pressure building from the north and
remnants of Ida off the southeast coast... will allow an extended
period of strong onshore flow to develop across eastern Virginia.

The approaching new phase of the moon... in tandem with the strong
onshore flow... will lead to increasing tidal anomalies of around
1 to 2 ft above normal... beginning this afternoon. Tidal
departures then building to 2 to 4 ft above normal from tonight
through Friday afternoon. This will likely result in moderate to
significant coastal flooding... with the greatest threat for
flooding coming with the Thursday and Friday high tide cycles.

High tides will be between 500 am and 700 am EST Thursday
morning... and 530 PM to 730 PM EST Thursday evening over the
warning area.

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.

... Public information statement...

The NOAA all hazards radio transmitter out of Mamie
NC... wwh26... serving portions of southeastern Virginia and
northeastern North Carolina... is out of service this morning. The
cause of the outage is unknown at this time. Technicians will be
notified this morning. Please visit our website at
www.Weather.Gov/Wakefield for the latest forecast information.
We apologize for any convenience.