Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2015 16:20:29 EDT
Summary: Hydrographers from the Virginia-West Virginia Water Science Center have deployed storm-tide monitors in advance of Hurricane Joaquin and are responding to inland flooding.
Effects of a major hurricane and extended offshore winds and localized storms are affecting coastal Virginia. The VA-WV Water Science Center (WSC) is participating in USGS Storm Team daily conferences calls. The areas with the most significant local impacts are the Hampton Roads area and Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Hydrographers are deployed in central and southern Virginia in response to inland flooding that has resulted from 4-6 inches of wide-spread rainfall. The VA-WV WSC also has crews collecting water-quality samples as part of the Chesapeake Bay water-quality monitoring program.
The USGS VA-WV WSC has dispatched 19 field staff to support high water and water quality data collection. In addition, 3 office staff are supporting the response. In total, 9 USGS states are responding to this event. Within VA, 12, rapidly-deployable streamgages, have been deployed to record storm conditions. As of today, 13 water quality samples have been collected in Virginia. Numerous contacts have been made with State and local cooperators. These contacts were primarily to give instrumentation status updates. Also, 8 additional streamflow measurements have been made at the surface-water gages in central and southern Virginia. 0 streamgages have exceeded period of record highs.
Current Tide and Surge Elevation For Sites in Virginia
Flood and High Flow Conditions for Virginia