Coastal Flood Warning
NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC ยท US
Details
Coastal Flood Advisory Now In Effect Until 11 PM EDT This Evening... ...Coastal Flood Warning In Effect From 11 PM This Evening To 6 PM EDT Sunday
- 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 two feet of inundation above ground level in low lying areas due to tidal flooding. For the Coastal Flood Warning, up to two and a half feet of inundation above ground level expected in low lying areas due to tidal flooding.
Where
Shoreline in St. Marys County.
When
For the Coastal Flood Advisory, until 11 PM EDT this evening, especially around the time of high tide. For the Coastal Flood Warning, from 11 PM this evening to 6 PM EDT Sunday, especially around the time of high tide.
Impacts
At 3.5 feet, water covers roads on Saint George Island, is in yards, and is approaching structures. To the east, inundation is occurring at multiple marinas off St. Mary's River, Smith Creek, and Jutland Creek.
Additional details
Tides two and a half to three feet above normal. The next high tide at Piney Point is at 3:07 AM and 3:19 PM. The next high tide at Coltons Point is at 3:19 PM and 3:43 AM. The next high tide at Point Lookout is at 1:55 AM and 2:36 PM.
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
- St. Marys
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~51s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3FGWJVDKNGTPA1QMV2QPBKB
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.87ddb44cfd88c5fc20f13902a0756036c53c7906.001.1
- 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.1462
- 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 | CFWLWX |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS41 KLWX 261850 |
| NWSheadline | COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EDT SUNDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KLWX.CF.W.0003.260927T0300Z-260927T2200Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-27T18:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- St. Marys
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 024037 |
| UGC | MDZ017 |