Astronomical Low Tide, Queen Annes
- When
- February 15, 6:00 AM EST to February 16, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Queen Annes forecast zone
- Reported by
- WLON
- Coordinates
- 39.038, -76.085 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Astronomical Low Tide in Maryland, February 15 to 16, 2015
The very persistent and strong to damaging northwest winds that started overnight on the 14th caused blowout tide conditions during both low tide cycles on the Upper Chesapeake Bay and the evening low tide cycle on central Chesapeake Bay on the 15th. The departures from normal became progressively less farther south on Chesapesake Bay.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
The very persistent and strong to damaging northwest winds that started overnight on the 14th caused blowout tide conditions during both low tide cycles on the Upper Chesapeake Bay and the evening low tide cycle on central Chesapeake Bay on the 15th. The departures from normal became progressively less farther south on Chesapesake Bay. At Tolchester Beach (Kent County), the blowout tide was so strong that blowout conditions persisted through the daytime high tide cycle on the 15th. At Tolchester Beach (Kent County), the lowest tide was 2.52 feet below mean lower low water. At Annapolis (Anne Arundel County), the lowest tide was 2.61 feet below mean lower low water. In Cambridge (Dorchester County), the lowest tide was 1.71 feet below mean lower low water. Blowout tide conditions start at 1.80 feet below mean lower low water. As the arctic high pressure system neared and arrived over the region during the afternoon of the 16th, the strong northwest flow ceased. Subsequent low tide cycles were closer to normal and remained above blowout tide conditions.
What forecasters said that day
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 Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 15, 4:44 AM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 4:44 AM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 15, 1:12 AM EST, 4 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
112 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1253 AM NON-TSTM WND GST BAY BRIDGE AIRPORT 38.98N 76.33W
02/15/2015 M58 MPH QUEEN ANNE'S MD ASOS
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EVENT NUMBER PHI1500082
STAFFLocal storm report, Feb 15, 1:14 AM EST, 4 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
114 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0114 AM NON-TSTM WND GST PROSPECT BAY 38.92N 76.20W
02/15/2015 M58 MPH QUEEN ANNES MD MESONET
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EVENT NUMBER PHI1500083
STAFFSpecial weather statement, Feb 15, 1:27 AM EST, 4 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 127 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 NJZ012>015-017>020-022-024>027-150830- MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-GLOUCESTER- CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-ATLANTIC- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK... TRENTON...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN... MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...HAMMONTON...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY... LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST 127 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 BANDS OF MODERATE SNOW ARE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH BY DAWN. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN NOW AND 5 AM WILL OCCUR IN OCEAN AND MONMOUTH COUNTIES WHERE AROUND HALF FOOT WILL BE REPORTED IN A FEW LOCALES. GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE DEVELOPING CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEWLY FALLEN SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL BE PLUNGING INTO THE TEENS. CARS PARKED OUTSIDE MAY HAVE FROZEN DOOR LOCKS AND CRUSTY FROZEN SNOW ON THE WINDOWS. TRAVEL CAREFULLY EARLY TODAY AND LEAVE PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-061-062-071-103>106-150830- SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CARBON-MONROE-LEHIGH- NORTHAMPTON-PHILADELPHIA-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY- UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...ALLENTOWN... BETHLEHEM...EASTON...PHILADELPHIA...COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN... NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...CHALFONT...PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE... DOYLESTOWN 127 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 AREAS OF LIGHT TO BRIEFLY MODERATE SNOW OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH BY DAWN. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEWLY FALLEN SNOW, ESPECIALLY WHERE MORE THAN 2 INCHES OCCURRED. TEMPERATURES WILL BE PLUNGING INTO THE 2 TO 12 DEGREE RANGE BY 5 AM. TRAVEL VERY CAREFULLY EARLY TODAY AND PLAN TO LEAVE PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 3:25 AM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 325 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 DEZ001-NJZ015>019-PAZ070-071-106-151400- NEW CASTLE-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-LOWER BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE... GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY... MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN 325 AM EST SUN FEB 15 2015 ...LOW WATER ON THE TIDAL DELAWARE RIVER... THE STRONG AND COLD WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW HAS CREATED LOW WATER CONDITIONS ON THE TIDAL DELAWARE RIVER THIS MORNING. THESE LOW WATER CONDITIONS MAY CAUSE NAVIGATION PROBLEMS DURING THE TIMES OF LOW TIDE. THE LOW TIDE WILL OCCUR AT PHILADELPHIA AROUND 430 AM THIS MORNING. LATER TODAY...THE WATER LEVELS WILL ALSO BE LOW...LIKELY LOWER THAN THIS MORNING. LOW TIDE OCCURS AT REEDY POINT DE AT 240 PM AND AT PHILADELPHIA AT 518 PM.
Local storm report, Feb 15, 5:55 AM EST, 5 minutes before
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The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 astronomical low tide. Local standard time, as filed.
Astronomical Low Tide, Kent
- When
- February 15, 7:00 AM EST to February 16, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Kent forecast zone
- Reported by
- WLON
- Coordinates
- 39.236, -76.096 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Astronomical Low Tide, Cecil
- When
- February 15, 8:00 AM EST to February 16, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Cecil forecast zone
- Reported by
- WLON
- Coordinates
- 39.562, -75.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Astronomical Low Tide, Talbot
- When
- February 15, 6:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Talbot forecast zone
- Reported by
- WLON
- Coordinates
- 38.749, -76.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Astronomical Low Tide
- Unusually low water from tides and offshore wind that caused impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in Kentucky, February 15 to 20, 2015
- Cold in New Jersey, February 15, 2015
- Extreme Cold and Cold in Pennsylvania, February 15, 2015
- Extreme Cold and Cold in Pennsylvania, February 15 to 16, 2015
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Arkansas, February 15 to 16, 2015
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, February 15, 2015
- High Wind and Strong Wind in New Jersey, February 15, 2015
- Cold in New Jersey, February 15 to 16, 2015
- High Wind in Delaware, February 15, 2015
- Strong Wind in New York, February 15, 2015
- High Wind in New York, February 15, 2015
- Extreme Cold and Cold in New York, February 15 to 16, 2015
More
Every storm in Maryland in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, February 2015
Sources
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: 560182, 560180, 560176, 560184.