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  • : Flood waters cover the playground at Gloucester Point Park. Thursday, Nov 12 2009 at 5:00 pm EST.

    Photo by David Forrest.

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  • : Entrance to the VIMS Boat Basin. Thursday, Nov 12 2009 at 4:30 pm EST.

    Photo by David Forrest.

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  • : Coastal flooding in Hayes, Virginia.

    Photo by Joe Cope.

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  • : A vehicle navigates a flooded road in Hayes, Virginia.

    Photo by Joe Cope.

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  • : The Gloucester Point Public Fishing Pier. Thursday, Nov 12 2009 at 4:29 pm EST.

    Photo by David Forrest.

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  • : The Gloucester Point Public Boat Ramp. Thursday, Nov 12, 2009. 9:08 am EST.

    Photo by David Forrest.

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  • Greate Road: Gloucester Point, Virginia with storm surge from the nor'easter covering Greate Road. 5 pm EST on Thursday November 12 2009.

    Photo by Stephanie K. Salisbury.

    Greate Road
  • Eastern Shore Lab: Flooding of the Hatchery Building at the VIMS Eastern Shore Laboratory in Wachapreague, Virginia. 5pm on November 12th, 2009.

    Photo by Mark Luckenbach.

    Eastern Shore Lab
  • VIMS Eastern Shore Lab: Flooding near the VIMS Eastern Shore Laboratory in Wachapreague, Virginia. Photo by Mark Luckenbach around 5pm on November 12th, 2009.

    Photo by Mark Luckenbach.

    VIMS Eastern Shore Lab
  • Boat Basin: The VIMS Boat Basin. 8:03 am. Thursday, November 12, 2009.

    Boat Basin
  • Aquaculture Facility: Flood waters affect the Aquaculture Facility in the VIMS Boat Basin. 8:02 am on Thursday, November 12, 2009.

    Aquaculture Facility
  • : Flood waters in Franklin Hall in the VIMS Boat Basin. 7:49 am on Thursday, November 12, 2009.

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  • Franklin Hall: Flood waters in Franklin Hall in the VIMS Boat Basin. 7:52 am on Thursday, November 12, 2009.

    Franklin Hall
  • Bay Eagle: Flood waters in the VIMS Boat Basin raise the R/V Bay Eagle above the level of the bulkhead. 8:04 am on Thursday, November 12, 2009.

    Bay Eagle
  • Wading: Marine scientist Erin Shields in the VIMS Boat Basin with the VIMS Aquaculture facility in the background. 9 am, Thursday November 12, 2009.

    Photo by Dave Parrish.

    Wading
  • Gloucester Point Park: Flood waters enter Gloucester Point Park. 9:17 am, Thursday, November 12, 2009.

    Gloucester Point Park
  • Oyster Pump House: Flood waters cover the Gloucester Point Public Boat Ramp near the VIMS Oyster Pump House. 9:19 am on Thursday, November 12, 2009.

    Oyster Pump House
  • Boat Ramp: Flood waters cover the Gloucester Point Public Boat Ramp. 9:20 am on Thursday, November 12, 2009.

    Boat Ramp
  • Queens Lake Marina: The storm tide from the nor'easter floods the Queens Lake Marina. The marina lies on Queens Creek, a tidal tributary of the York River near Williamsburg. 7:30 am on Thursday, November 12, 2009.

    Queens Lake Marina
  • Jenkins Neck: Jenkins Neck, Virginia. 8:15 am on Thursday November 12. Photo by Capt. Voight C Hogge.

    Jenkins Neck
  • Vessels Operation Center: The new Vessels Operation Center at VIMS was built on an elevated foundation to avoid storm-surge flooding. 7:59 am on Thursday, November 12, 2009.

    Vessels Operation Center
  • Gloucester Point Fishing Pier: Flood waters impinge on the Gloucester Point Public Fishing Pier. 9:22 am on Thursday, November 12, 2009.

    Gloucester Point Fishing Pier
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"Son of Ida": November 2009

A significant coastal-flooding event occured along the mid-Atlantic coast as a low-pressure remnant from Tropical Depression Ida travels up the Atlantic seaboard. The storm brings 4.69 feet of extratidal high water (XHW) to Money Point.

Available Tidewatch Charts

Sewell's Point (SWPT): 30-day record | 3-day record
Jamestown Ferry Pier (JMTN): 30-day record | 3-day record
Back River, Dandy Haven Marina (BRDH): 30-day record | 3-day record
Yorktown Coast Guard Training Center (YRCG): 30-day record | 3-day record
Windmill Point (WMPT): 30-day record | 3-day record
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel (CBBT): 30-day record | 3-day record
Money Point (MNPT): 30-day record | 3-day record
Kiptopeke (KIPT): 30-day record | 3-day record