Coastal Flood Advisory
NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC ยท US
Details
Coastal Flood Advisory In Effect From 5 AM Thursday To 9 AM EDT Friday
- Event
- Coastal Flood Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Monitor
Description
What
Up to one half foot of inundation above ground level expected in low lying areas due to tidal flooding.
Where
Shoreline in the District of Columbia.
When
From 5 AM Thursday to 9 AM EDT Friday, especially around the time of high tide.
Impacts
The unprotected area on the Southwest Waterfront at the DC Seafood Market is expected to flood. Water is expected to approach parts of the Hains Point Loop Road, but it will likely be closed.
Additional details
Tides two to two and a half feet above normal. The next high tide at Washington Channel is at 6:49 PM and 7:04 AM.
Instructions
If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property.
Affected areas
- District of Columbia
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m3s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M37TQQP62RM9FD7MW4SSAMYD
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7ffea5f088e04ca8470438a249d1127e87f1b4bb.003.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
- AWIPS ID
- CAPLWX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.1839
- 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 | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | CFY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | CFWLWX |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS41 KLWX 231908 |
| NWSheadline | COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.EXB.KLWX.CF.Y.0044.260924T0900Z-260925T1300Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-25T09:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- District of Columbia
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 011001 |
| UGC | DCZ001 |