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Moderate flooding

Elizabeth River at Pinehurst in Portsmouth (IN MLLW), VA

Gauge
Tide gauge (coastal water level) · ELZV2 · NWS AKQ
Observed
Not flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.
Forecast
Forecast issued · crest 6 ft at · below flood stage (5 ft) by : moderate flooding
Stages
Action 4.5 ft · Flood (minor) 5 ft · Moderate 6 ft · Major 7 ft
Forecasts
Forecasts are issued routinely year-round.

Forecast hydrograph

Forecast stage at Pinehurst in Portsmouth (IN MLLW), in ftNWS forecast for Pinehurst in Portsmouth (IN MLLW), issued 16 Oct 17:31Z: a crest of 6 ft at 19 Oct 20:00Z. Flood stage is 5 ft; the forecast falls below it by 20 Oct 01:00Z. No recent observation at action stage or above is held.0246817 Oct 00Z18 Oct 00Z19 Oct 00Z20 Oct 00ZAction 4.5 ftFlood (minor) 5 ftModerate 6 ftMajor 7 ftNowUTCft
NWS forecast, issued : the line is the forecast stage, each dot one of NWS’s points; the ringed dot is the latest observation, when one at action stage or above is held. Earlier observations are not held here, so no observed line is drawn. Moderate flooding at its worst, observed or forecast. Data: NOAA/NWPS.
The forecast points as a table
NWS forecast stage at Pinehurst in Portsmouth (IN MLLW)
TimeStage
3.6 ft
3.6 ft
3.4 ft
3 ft
2.5 ft
2 ft
1.6 ft
1.4 ft
1.5 ft
1.7 ft
2 ft
2.5 ft
2.8 ft
3.2 ft
3.3 ft
3.1 ft
2.7 ft
2.3 ft
2 ft
2.1 ft
2.2 ft
2.7 ft
3.2 ft
3.9 ft
4.5 ft
4.8 ft
4.8 ft
4.7 ft
4.4 ft
4 ft
3.6 ft
3.2 ft
3.1 ft
3.1 ft
3.5 ft
3.7 ft
4.2 ft
4.6 ft
4.9 ft
4.8 ft
4.5 ft
4.2 ft
3.9 ft
3.6 ft
3.6 ft
3.7 ft
4 ft
4.4 ft
4.9 ft
5.3 ft
5.5 ft
5.5 ft
5.3 ft
4.8 ft
4.5 ft
4.2 ft
3.9 ft
3.9 ft
4 ft
4.2 ft
4.6 ft
5.1 ft
5.4 ft
5.5 ft
5.4 ft
5.2 ft
4.9 ft
4.5 ft
4.3 ft
4.2 ft
4.3 ft
4.6 ft
4.9 ft
5.4 ft
5.8 ft
6 ft
6 ft
5.7 ft
5.4 ft
5 ft
4.5 ft
4.2 ft
4.1 ft
4.2 ft

What NWS lists at this gauge

NWS lists no impacts for this gauge.

NWS’s statements for this gauge’s water at each stage, up to the highest observed or forecast. A gauge does not say whether a particular road or neighbourhood near it floods. Read .

NWPS’s page for ELZV2 On the Live tracker’s map River flood warnings in Virginia

Rain and rivers in Virginia

  • Expected rain: 0.75 in or more at its highest in Virginia, in WPC’s forecast for the 24 hours to . An amount for the area its contour covers, not a total for any one street.
  • Rain that fell: 0.75 to 1 in at its highest in Virginia, in the 24 hours to , by MRMS’s radar estimate over a grid about 5 km across: a measurement of the past, not corrected to rain gauges.
  • Rivers: 26 gauges in flood in Virginia, by NWS’s lists read . Major flooding James River (VA) at Jamestown/Scotland Ferry (IN MLLW), VA. Not flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast. Forecast issued · crest 5 ft at · below flood stage (4 ft) by : major flooding. And 25 more. A gauge measures its river at that spot, not whether a road or a neighbourhood floods.

Three sources, each its own window. None is a chance of flash flooding, which is WPC’s outlook above; a flash flood is a warning’s. Gauges in the Live tracker

On the Briefing’s map

River, coastal and lake gauges in Virginia

26 gauges in flood in Virginia, observed or forecast. Choose one for its forecast hydrograph.

Major flooding 2

  1. Forecast: major flooding James River (VA) at Jamestown/Scotland Ferry (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 5 ft at · below flood stage (4 ft) by : major flooding
  2. Forecast: major flooding Lynnhaven River at Lynnhaven Inlet (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 5.6 ft at · below flood stage (4.5 ft) by : major flooding

Moderate flooding 14

  1. Forecast: moderate flooding Atlantic Coast at Anheuser Busch Coastal Res. Center (MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 7.9 ft at · below flood stage (7 ft) by : moderate flooding
  2. Forecast: moderate flooding Nassawadox Creek at Bayford (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 4 ft at · below flood stage (3 ft) by : moderate flooding
  3. Forecast: moderate flooding Chesapeake Bay at Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 5.7 ft at · below flood stage (5 ft) by : moderate flooding
  4. Forecast: moderate flooding Chincoteague Channel at Chincoteague Bay Inlet (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 5 ft at · below flood stage (4.5 ft) by : moderate flooding
  5. Forecast: moderate flooding Eastern Branch Elizabeth River, VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 6 ft at · below flood stage (5 ft) by : moderate flooding
  6. Forecast: moderate flooding James River (VA) at Fort Monroe (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 5.7 ft at · below flood stage (4.5 ft) by : moderate flooding
  7. Forecast: moderate flooding Chesapeake Bay at Kiptopeke (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 5.4 ft at · below flood stage (4.5 ft) by : moderate flooding
  8. Forecast: moderate flooding Little Creek, VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 5.3 ft at · below flood stage (4.5 ft) by : moderate flooding
  9. Forecast: moderate flooding Elizabeth River at Money Point (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 6 ft at · below flood stage (5 ft) by : moderate flooding
  10. Forecast: moderate flooding Elizabeth River at Pinehurst in Portsmouth (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 6 ft at · below flood stage (5 ft) by : moderate flooding
  11. Forecast: moderate flooding James River (VA) at Sewell's Point (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 5.6 ft at · below flood stage (4.5 ft) by : moderate flooding
  12. Forecast: moderate flooding Pagan River at Smithfield Station (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 4.3 ft at · below flood stage (3.5 ft) by : moderate flooding
  13. Forecast: moderate flooding Elizabeth River at the Midtown Tunnel (in MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 6 ft at · below flood stage (5 ft) by : moderate flooding
  14. Forecast: moderate flooding Chesapeake Bay at Windmill Point (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 3.5 ft at · below flood stage (3 ft) by : moderate flooding

Minor flooding 10

  1. Forecast: minor flooding James River, VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 5.3 ft at : minor flooding
  2. Forecast: minor flooding Potomac River at Lewisetta (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 3.2 ft at · below flood stage (3 ft) by : minor flooding
  3. Forecast: minor flooding Chesapeake Bay at Port Isobel/Tangier Island (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 3.4 ft at · below flood stage (3.25 ft) by : minor flooding
  4. Forecast: minor flooding Ware River at Schley (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 4.8 ft at · below flood stage (4.5 ft) by : minor flooding
  5. Forecast: minor flooding Nansemond River at Suffolk (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 6.5 ft at · below flood stage (5.5 ft) by : minor flooding
  6. Forecast: minor flooding Rappahannock River at Tappahannock (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 3.3 ft at · below flood stage (3 ft) by : minor flooding
  7. Forecast: minor flooding Atlantic Coast at Wachapreague (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 6.7 ft at · below flood stage (6.5 ft) by : minor flooding
  8. Forecast: minor flooding York River at West Point (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 5.6 ft at · below flood stage (5 ft) by : minor flooding
  9. Forecast: minor flooding Piankatank River at Wharf Creek near Hudgins VA, VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 3.3 ft at · below flood stage (3 ft) by : minor flooding
  10. Forecast: minor flooding Chesapeake Bay at Yorktown (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 4.9 ft at · below flood stage (4.5 ft) by : minor flooding
Action stage, not flooding 2

Action stage is the level at which NWS and local officials begin to act; the water is not yet at flood stage.

  1. Forecast: action stage Potomac River at Alexandria, VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · highest 3 ft at : action stage
  2. Forecast: action stage Upper Machodoc Creek at Dahlgren (IN MLLW), VANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · highest 3.2 ft at : action stage

A gauge measures its water at that one place. Flash flooding, which comes in hours from heavy rain, is in the warnings as Flash Flood Warnings; a river can be in flood with no rain falling.

Gauges observed checked · Data: NOAA/NWS

Gauges forecast checked · Data: NOAA/NWS

Gauge impacts and forecasts checked · Data: NOAA/NWPS

Virginia flash-flood briefing

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