Tropical Storm Ophelia caused moderate coastal flooding in the City of Alexandria, VA in late September.
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Tropical Storm Ophelia caused moderate coastal flooding in the City of Alexandria, VA in late September.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 coastal flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Tropical Storm Ophelia caused moderate coastal flooding in the City of Alexandria with the river gauge cresting at 4.44 ft MLLW early on Sep 24th (threshold is 4.2 ft). Lead time for this event was 9.9 ft.
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