A strong coastal low pressure area produced moderate to severe coastal flooding across much of eastern and southeast Virginia and the Virginia Eastern Shore.
Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS AKQ wrote it up.
A strong coastal low pressure area produced moderate to severe coastal flooding across much of eastern and southeast Virginia and the Virginia Eastern Shore.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 19, 5:37 AM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
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9 coastal flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The peak tide height at Money Point was 6.77 feet above MLLW. Several streets, homes and businesses were flooded in low lying areas of the county close or directly exposed to the Chesapeake Bay.
Several streets, homes and businesses were flooded in low lying areas of the county close or directly exposed to the Chesapeake Bay.
The peak tide height at Windmill Point was 3.71 feet above MLLW. Several streets, homes and businesses were flooded in low lying areas of the county close or directly exposed to the Chesapeake Bay.
Several streets, homes and businesses were flooded in low lying areas of the county close or directly exposed to the Chesapeake Bay.
Several streets, homes and businesses were flooded in low lying areas of the county close or directly exposed to the Chesapeake Bay.
The peak tide height at Sewells Point was 6.19 feet above MLLW. Several streets, homes and businesses were flooded in low lying areas of the county close or directly exposed to the Chesapeake Bay.
The peak tide height at Kiptopeke was 6.04 feet above MLLW. Several streets, homes and businesses were flooded in low lying areas of the county close or directly exposed to the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean.
Several streets, homes and businesses were flooded in low lying areas of the county close or directly exposed to the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean.
The peak tide height at Yorktown was 5.32 feet above MLLW. Several streets, homes and businesses were flooded in low lying areas of the county close or directly exposed to the Chesapeake Bay.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, December 2009
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 208257, 208263, 208265, 208276, 208282, 208284, 208285, 208289, 208293.