Troy, Virginia

The Flood Warning continues for
the James River near Bremo Bluff.
* From tomorrow morning until further notice
* at 9pm Thursday the stage was 16.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 19.0 feet.
* Forecast to rise above flood stage by tomorrow morning and continue
to rise to near 22.0 feet by tomorrow evening. Additional rises are
possible thereafter.

... 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)