# Coastal Flood Watch: Chesapeake; Hampton/Poquoson; Suffolk; Norfolk; Portsmouth — retained record

> Retained us-gov-api record from us-gov-api:noaa-weather.

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-09-21 18:00 ingested 2026-09-22 02:50

[original source ↗](http://www.weather.gov/)

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Coastal Flood Watch — Chesapeake; Hampton/Poquoson; Suffolk; Norfolk; Portsmouth
Severity: Moderate. Certainty: Possible.
* WHAT...Up to two to three feet of inundation above ground
level possible in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal
waterways.

* WHERE...Chesapeake, Virginia Beach and Suffolk, and
Hampton/Poquoson, Norfolk and Portsmouth Counties.

* WHEN...From Wednesday afternoon through late Thursday night.

* IMPACTS...Numerous roads may be closed. Low lying property
including homes, businesses, and some critical infrastructure
may be inundated. Shoreline erosion will occur in areas along the
Bay and lower James River.

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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.