After The Storm
November 14th, 2009 at 10:40 am by Jeremy Wheeler under Weather
The last of the moderate high tides is starting to recede. Now we’ll see minor tidal flooding during the next 2 cycles. We’ll see tides rise back up to about 4.5 ft between 6-8pm tonight and 6-8am tomorrow morning. We rose up to about 5.56 ft this morning at Sewell’s point. The heavy rain is over with, but persistent drizzle and/or light showers will plague the day. We are getting in a lot of photos. About 4,000 in all. Some are very telling.
Here’s a picture of some damage to one of the hangars at Norfolk International Airport according to Jeff from Landmark Aviation.
This was sent in by Thomas M. He says this is the inside of Alexander’s On The Bay. We’ve heard conflicting reports about the damage it received.
The Anderson’s sent this in from Poquoson. Looks like the National Guard was out helping folks.
This was some of the common flooding we saw. This was taken by Tony in Park View, Portsmouth.
This was taken by Michelle Johnson. It shows some damage from a tree falling on a house in the Kempsville area of Virginia Beach.
This was taken by Earl Beasley in Hampton. He says the dock floated up above the main pier and caught on some pilings. He said the tide was just a little higher than Isabel.
Finally, this was taken by Steve Simmons in Rodanthe. Looks like it will take a while to repair that road. I’m still not sure of the status of highway 12 south of Oregon Inlet down to Hatteras.
We’ll get more photos on here. There is a slide show on wavy.com, but the blogs will still be up for months…I hope.
Again tidal flooding improves today along with the winds, but light showers/drizzle will continue. A coastal flood warning is still in effect for the Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck for this afternon. Flood advisories are in effect for the rest of the coastal cities from the Eastern Shore down to the Outer Banks. Tomorrow the low pressure system finally moves far enough away that it will not affect us except for possible spotty drizzle in the morning. We will probably see a little sunshine tomorrow afternoon. There are flood warnings for the Blackwater River at Franklin and the Nottoway River at Sebrell. Minor flooding is expected. Before I go I encourage you to check out the previous blogs. They have some photos, but also a lot of information on the storms. Thanks to all who left comments. I try and write the blogs to them, rather than reply to each one.
Meteorologist: Jeremy Wheeler
WAVY/Fox 43 Meteorologist
When is the Gov. Tim Kaine going file a declaration for federal assistance. We need FEMA in here. This flooding put 18″ of water in my house just like hurricane Isabel. Without the declaration we won’t get their help. FEMA told me they don’t see a request from the Virginia gov. as of yet. What is he waiting for?
that was a very intense storm im surprised it got worse than anybody predicted
Thanks for the wonderful coverage. Problem: I’m going through withdrawal. I got left with the prediction that there would be more houses lost on the outer banks due to dune destruction and continued high tides but then you guys went back to normal coverage and I haven’t been able to find out what happened. I don’t have TV and rely on the internet for my news. I’m hoping that the lack of news indicates lack of more destruction, but????
Thanks
I find the photo referred to as “Stingray Point, Deltaville” to be breathtaking. Can I share this on Facebook providing I credit it to WAVY?
I’d like to thank Dan Hansen, who was driving in Windsor Woods on Friday morning. I was in a canoe with my 75 year old father who was helping to rescue one of my staff from a house that was on a flooded street. She had been working for 38 hours at that point and we brought in a relief staff person.
We were half-way back to our car when he let us load the canoe into his truck, saving us a half hour of paddling and pulling along Presidential Street. What an adventure that day!
Another resident 4 wheel driver passed us, takin our picture. I’d love to see it if he sees this blog!
Thank you, Dan!
does anyone know how bad Little Creek Rd. was flooded in Norfolk. I live in Colony Point Apartments and have been out of town for the whole thing. I was wondering if anyone knew if they were damaged.
are there families in the Newport News or Hampton area that are in need of a place to come for Thanksgiving? I am willing to take one family and am also willing to advertise in our housing community for others to take in families.