Coastal Flood Advisory
Expires 11:00 AM EDT on October 23, 2014
Statement as of 6:02 am EDT on October 23, 2014
... Coastal Flood Advisory remains in effect until 11 am EDT this
morning...
* location... Worcester County... mainly along the shorelines of
Assawoman and Chincoteague bays and adjacent ocean inlets.
* Coastal flooding... minor flooding possible within 1 to 2 hours
on either side of high tide this morning.
* levels... tidal departures will average around 1.5 ft above
normal during high tide this morning. At Ocean City... high tide
occurs at 738 am EDT. A peak water level of around 4.2 feet
MLLW is expected. Minor flooding begins at 4.0 feet MLLW.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A coastal Flood Advisory indicates that onshore winds... tides and
/ or wave action will combine to create flooding of low areas
along the shore... and near tidal rivers and creeks. Be prepared
for the possibility of Road closures and minor flooding of
properties. If travel is necessary... do not attempt to drive
through water of unknown depth.
All tide heights are relative to mean lower low water.
Time of high total tides are approximate to the nearest hour.
Flood category based on total tide.
Ocean City Inlet MD
minor 4.0 ft, moderate 5.0 ft, severe 6.0 ft
total astro
day/time tide tide surge waves flood
/ft/ /ft/ /ft/ /ft/ category
---------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ----------
23/08 am 4.2 2.6 1.6 5-6 minor
23/08 PM 3.4 2.3 1.1 4 none
24/08 am 3.3 2.6 0.8 3 none
24/09 PM 2.8 2.2 0.6 2 none
25/10 am 3.2 2.7 0.6 2 none
25/10 PM 2.4 2.2 0.2 2 none
This was put out by the Natiomal Weather Serice this morning. The pictures were added to show some of the lowest points on the course where water is actually pushed back on us during these events. As you can see, #10/18, #11, and behind #3 green are some of these locations.
