Coastal Flood Warning
NWS Wakefield VA ยท US
Details
Coastal Flood Advisory In Effect From 8 PM This Evening To 5 AM EDT Wednesday... ...Coastal Flood Warning In Effect From 6 PM Wednesday To 4 AM EDT Friday
- Event
- Coastal Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
For the Coastal Flood Advisory, up to one foot of inundation above ground level expected in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways. For the Coastal Flood Warning, one to two feet of inundation above ground level expected in low- lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways.
Where
Dorchester, Wicomico and Somerset Counties.
When
For the Coastal Flood Advisory, from 8 PM this evening to 5 AM EDT Wednesday. For the Coastal Flood Warning, from 6 PM Wednesday to 4 AM EDT Friday.
Impacts
Numerous roads may be closed. Low lying property including homes, businesses, and some critical infrastructure may be inundated. Some shoreline erosion may occur.
Instructions
Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. If travel is required, do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth.
Affected areas
- Dorchester County, MD
- Wicomico County, MD
- Somerset County, MD
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Wakefield VA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~44s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M357PA781A832N19YPN83J40
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f98819af94e02cf729b986fcdf4d12b4018eb3ba.008.2
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Wakefield VA
- AWIPS ID
- CAPAKQ
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.1562
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | CFW |
| NationalWeatherService | CFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | CFWAKQ |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS41 KAKQ 221857 |
| NWSheadline | COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM EDT FRIDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KAKQ.CF.W.0002.260923T2200Z-260925T0800Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-25T04:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Dorchester County, MD
- Wicomico County, MD
- Somerset County, MD
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 024019 |
| SAME | 024045 |
| SAME | 024039 |
| UGC | MDZ021 |
| UGC | MDZ022 |
| UGC | MDZ023 |