Glen Burnie, MD Weather Warnings

COASTAL FLOOD WARNING

Warning Issue Date:

939 PM EDT SUN MAR 14 2010

COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT MONDAY... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT MONDAY. WATER LEVELS REMAIN AROUND 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ON THE LOWER TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER AND MARYLAND CHESAPEAKE BAY. ALONG THE UPPER TIDAL POTOMAC...WATER LEVELS ARE AROUND 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. THESE POSITIVE DEPARTURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH HIGH TIDE MONDAY MORNING...AND WILL RESULT IN MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING. AT HIGH TIDE SUNDAY EVENING...GEORGETOWN TOPPED OUT AT 10 FEET. THE CREST OF FRESH WATER FLOODING WILL COME DOWN THE POTOMAC RIVER MIDDAY MONDAY. SINCE THIS CREST WILL BE A BIT DISPLACED FROM THE NEXT HIGH TIDE...IT WILL RESULT IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HIGH WATER. LOOK FOR THE MONDAY MORNING HIGH TIDE IN GEORGETOWN BETWEEN 11 AND 12 FEET...WITH VERY LITTLE DROP IN WATER LEVELS FOR MOST OF THE DAY. FOR WASHINGTON DC...A WATER LEVEL OF 10 FEET AT WISCONSIN AVENUE WILL CAUSE WATER TO APPROACH K STREET IN GEORGETOWN NEAR WASHINGTON HARBOUR. AT 10.5 FEET...WATER APPROACHES INDEPENDENCE AVENUE AT 17TH STREET AND THE GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL PARKWAY AT THE RAILROAD BRIDGE NORTH OF REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT. AT A WATER LEVEL OF 12 FEET...THE PARKING LOT AT THE FOOT OF WISCONSIN AVENUE FLOODS. FOR ALEXANDRIA...TIDAL FLOODING HAS IMPACTED BUSINESSES ALONG THE STRAND...WITH NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES ALONG THE WATERFRONT. WATER HAS REACHED THE 100 BLOCK OF KING STREET...UNION STREET BELOW CAMERON STREET...AND PRINCE STREET. AT LEAST THREE BUSINESSES ALONG KING STREET HAVE BEEN FLOODED. HERE ARE THE TIMES OF THE NEXT HIGH TIDES FOR A FEW LOCATIONS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH... ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY... HAVRE DE GRACE...10:23 PM AND 10:25 AM... BOWLEY BAR MIDDLE RIVER...8:03 AM... FORT MCHENRY BALTIMORE...7:12 AM... ANNAPOLIS U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY...5:42 AM... SOLOMONS ISLAND...2:34 AM... POINT LOOKOUT...1:44 AM. NOW ALONG THE POTOMAC RIVER... WASHINGTON KEY BRIDGE...9:11 AM... ALEXANDRIA...9:04 AM... INDIAN HEAD...8:32 AM... GOOSE BAY...4:38 AM... COLTONS POINT...3:28 AM. $$ HTS