The Blackwater River near Franklin is going down.  It is at 11.32ft.  Flood stage is 12ft.  The Nottoway is still pretty bad according to the numbers.  It was at about 18ft today.  That is the threshold between minor and moderate flooding.  It is going down and should be below flood stage by about Friday afternoon.  If it is still bad out there, then please leave a comment.  Or you can email us at weather@wavy.com. 

The forecast for the next 24 hours is quiet.  Clearing skies tomorrow with highs in the low/mid 60s. 

Meteorologist: Jeremy Wheeler

These ants were riding out the Nor’easter’s flooding.  I’ve never seen anything like this before.  Biologists are probably used to sights like these.  Hmm.

This was another photo from Terry Thompson in Hampton:

This was from First St. between the Bay and the Salt Ponds marina. 

This third photo is from Mathews county near the North River.  It’s from Tolar and Debra Nolley. 

This upcoming weekend we’ll see another system move through the region.  It will move through much quicker than last week’s Nor’easter, but it will let the winds pick up.  We will probably have some minor tidal flooding.  If the system slows down then we may see some problems.  It’s still early though.  It’s not expected to be as bad as the last system.  It will probably be more of a problem for the Northeast states this time.  I’ll have more details tomorrow.

Meteorologist: Jeremy Wheeler

This was taken by Vonnie Raiford from Burdette Bridge near Franklin.  The water has probably come up a little since then. 

Here’s another tree on a house.  This one was from Newport News.  It’s from George Link. 

This was some flooding in the Wachapreague area on the Eastern Shore.  It was a carnival area.  This was taken by Mike and Mary Kay Hawker. 

This was a tree that fell on some power lines over in the Western Branch section of Chesapeake.  This was sent in from Bill Stavenger.  Even inland locations had some strong wind gusts. 

This was some debris from South Nags Head on the Outer Banks.  Jon Cash and I both think that the debris was from one or more houses as a hot water heater is in view.  This photo is from Annette Ratzenburger. 

I’ve seen some marina damage, but I haven’t seen a boat submerged like this.  This was at Menchville Marina in Newport News.  It was sent to us from Jacob Biever. 

Finally to lighten things up a little.  Here are some Otters from Phoebus in Hampton:

The photo is from Janet Gordon. 

Thanks to everyone for sending these in.  We are still sorting through the photos.  We’ve got it down to about 2,600 left.  As always I encourage you to look at some of the previous blogs for more photos and some explanations about what occurred.  We’ll be posting more I’m sure. 

By the way the forecast is dry all the way through Thursday.  So we’ll all have a chance to clean up now. 

Meteorologist: Jeremy Wheeler

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

Thanks Angie.  There are scattered showers out there, but the wind gusts aren’t too bad.  They’ve been running about 30-35mph.  Again next high tide will be between 5 and 7pm.  Someone wanted me to mention that you should also try to avoid driving in water because the water is salty and will corrode the metal under your car along with your brakes.  I know there are a lot of comments on here still about specific areas, but I think the better question is who hasn’t had flooding?    I look forward to tomorrow.

Meteorologist: Jeremy Wheeler

We’re getting lots of emails from the Sandbridge area that it is pretty bad.  We will try to get Chopper 10 up later today to view the damage around the region.  The visibilities and winds will have to improve of course.  Here are some photos from yesterday’s storm.  There will be a lot of them over the next couple of days:

This was from Chicks Beach.  I believe near Alexander’s restaurant.  There was some debris from the docks that washed toward the shore.  Here is another picture from Virginia Beach where a tree fell on a house:

We’re going to see a lot more photos like this.  You can view the slide show on this site.  It’s on the main page near the live stream.  Be careful this morning.  The winds are not as strong, but the tides are up just a little below yesterday’s levels.  Jon mentioned that Sewell’s Point is at 7.3ft and still creeping up.  The tide has been lagging the forecast by about a half hour.  So it will take another half hour for the tide to start retreating even though we just passed high tide. 

Meteorologist: Jeremy Wheeler

Rain totals from NWS: Newport News airport 8.99″, Norfolk International 6.06″, Langley Air Force Base 9.07″, and NAS Oceana had 7.82″. 

The sheriff’s office was  evacuating some residents in the Gloucester Point area this evening.  I got a call from a viewer that said that a lot of people had 3-4 feet of water in their home in the Guinea Neck section of Gloucester County.  We have about 160,000 people without power in southeast Virginia.  I’ve seen probably 20-30 instances of cars flooded.  I’m sure there were 10 times that, but I have no proof.  We are getting reports from just about everywhere of tidal flooding being on the the same level (roughly) as Isabel.  Some residents had a little more, some a little less this evening.  You have to remember that the rain around the region was a lot, but varied from place to place.  This rain is significant when you add it to the tidal flooding.  Also, different folks may have leaves or other debris clogging their storm drains.  The winds are finally beginning to taper off tonight as of 9:30pm.  The winds won’t die off completely overnight.  They’ll stay up through the day tomorrow too, but will be more in the 15-20mph range with gusts to 25 maybe 35mph. 

The next high tide between 5-7am is expected to be close to the one this evening.  If these cursed winds can stay down where they are now, then the tide will be a little less than this evening.  Maybe by about 5inches.  If the winds pick up again, then they will be close to the evening’s levels.  I doubt we’ll see another wind event like we saw earlier this evening.  That was a brief, forceful core of winds that moved across the area.  When people wake up and begin to go out tomorrow, I think we’ll see a lot more damage than we have already seen.  Jon Cash was definitely right in calling this a historic event.  We’ll see how much so after the dust settles. 

Meteorologist: Jeremy Wheeler

Meteorologist: Jeremy Wheeler

I haven’t seen too many direct reports from the Peninsula, but there are sections of Hampton at least that have had cars flooded. 

Finally, DON’T move the power line in your yard.  Call the fire department if that’s the case.  Don’t even go near it. 

Check out the previous blogs as there is much more information.  This is just a quick update.

Meteorologist: Jeremy Wheeler

  Winds have varied over the last couple of hours.  They have been really gusty.  There have been some periods of letup followed by some gusts to about 45mph.  Winds are still forecast to stay up tonight.  With the easing rainfall, perhaps the winds will not gust as high as this afternoon.  No promises though.

The other bit of good news is that the tide forecast has changed a little.  Here is the updated tide history/forecast from the National Weather Service:

You’ll note that the high tide for Sewell’s point has come down several inches (not seven, several) from the previous forecast.  Also it may be hinting at coming in even below this forecast as it is bending a little at the last red x.  Again I don’t want to get folks hopes up, but it’s possible that this tide won’t be as high as forecast.  It will still be worse than this mornings tide.  At the low end 7.2ft.  At the high end 7.8ft.  This morning was 6.7ft.  Again this is at Sewell’s Point.  For some context about these numbers please read the previous blog.  Also the new forecast calls for the highest tide for tomorrow morning now.  Stay tuned, the tide forecast has been changing often, but that is natural in these situations.

I wish I could talk about every area, but you can see from the comments that a lot of people are affected by the rain and tidal flooding.  I’ve got pictures of flooded streets coming in from parts of Poquoson, Windsor Woods in Virginia Beach, Sandbridge, Bennetts Creek Marina in Suffolk, Armistead in Hampton, Quail Run in Moyock, Norview and Tidewater Dr. in Norfolk….This list goes on.  We have about 1,300 emails from folks, and they are still coming in.  So we can’t mention everybody.  Again don’t head out tonight if you can help it.  There is a lot of street and tidal flooding out there tonight.  It’s rough out there. 

Finally, Nicole Livas just mentioned that the Color Purple has been cancelled for this evening.

Meteorologist: Jeremy Wheeler