Coastal Flood Warning
NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC ยท US
Updated
Details
Coastal Flood Warning Remains In Effect Until 10 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
Up to one foot of inundation above ground level in low lying areas due to tidal flooding.
Where
Shoreline in the City of Alexandria and Arlington County.
When
Until 10 AM EDT Friday, especially around the time of high tide.
Impacts
Water is expected to approach buildings near King Street and Union Street..
Additional details
Tides one and a half to two feet above normal. The next high tide at Alexandria is at 7:45 PM and 8:03 AM.
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
- Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~56s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M39Y6B3R3HEMHN9J5DT0A027
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0ae204ad2caa5ae0881ae87483774b2061e78915.003.1
- 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.3967
- 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
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | CFW |
| NationalWeatherService | CFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | CFWLWX |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS41 KLWX 241447 |
| NWSheadline | COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT FRIDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KLWX.CF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-260925T1400Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-25T10:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 051013 |
| SAME | 051510 |
| SAME | 051610 |
| UGC | VAZ054 |