Coastal Flood Warning
NWS Wakefield VA ยท US
Details
Coastal Flood Warning Now In Effect Until 4 AM EDT Friday... ...Coastal Flood Advisory Is Cancelled
- Event
- Coastal Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Two to three feet of inundation above ground level in low- lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways.
Where
Chesapeake, Suffolk, Hampton, Poquoson, Norfolk, and Portsmouth.
When
Until 4 AM EDT Friday.
Impacts
Widespread flooding of vulnerable areas will result in an elevated threat of property damage to homes and businesses near the waterfront and shoreline. Water will be 2 to 3 feet above ground level in some areas resulting in a sufficient depth to close numerous roads and threaten homes and businesses. Flooding will extend inland from the waterfront along tidal rivers and bays resulting in some road closures and flooding of vehicles.
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
- Chesapeake city, VA
- Hampton/Poquoson
- Suffolk city, VA
- Norfolk city, VA
- Portsmouth city, VA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Wakefield VA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~50s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M36D7NQ42FEJJ5P81VBM4J64
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3a021ee01383b2b7d708f4f29cb4cf58928d7904.005.2
- 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.8223
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | CFW |
| NationalWeatherService | CFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | CFWAKQ |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS41 KAKQ 230553 |
| NWSheadline | COASTAL FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT FRIDAY... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KAKQ.CF.W.0002.260923T0553Z-260925T0800Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-25T04:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Chesapeake city, VA
- Hampton/Poquoson
- Suffolk city, VA
- Norfolk city, VA
- Portsmouth city, VA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 051550 |
| SAME | 051650 |
| SAME | 051800 |
| SAME | 051710 |
| SAME | 051740 |
| UGC | VAZ097 |
| UGC | VAZ525 |
| UGC | VAZ529 |
| UGC | VAZ530 |
| UGC | VAZ531 |