Coastal Flood Advisory
NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC ยท US
Details
Coastal Flood Advisory In Effect From 7 PM This Evening To 11 AM EDT Monday
- 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 foot of inundation above ground level expected in low lying areas due to tidal flooding.
Where
Shoreline in the City of Alexandria and Arlington County.
When
From 7 PM this evening to 11 AM EDT Monday, especially around the time of high tide.
Impacts
Water is expected to come up through storm drains, approaching businesses on Dock Street in Annapolis. Water is expected to approach the Maritime Museum and begin to cover Bowyer Road at the Naval Academy. Shoreline inundation up to one foot above ground is likely in other low lying areas..
Additional details
Tides one and a half to two feet above normal. The next high tide at Alexandria is at 8:55 PM and 9:19 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
- Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria
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
- 01M3FGWK2H4XT56CVFSTSNQNF8
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.87ddb44cfd88c5fc20f13902a0756036c53c7906.003.1
- 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.1465
- 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 261850 |
| NWSheadline | COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT MONDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.EXB.KLWX.CF.Y.0044.260926T2300Z-260928T1500Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-28T11:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 051013 |
| SAME | 051510 |
| SAME | 051610 |
| UGC | VAZ054 |