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"Son of Ida": November 2009

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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.
Greate Road
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.
Eastern Shore Lab
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.
VIMS 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.
Boat Basin
Boat Basin The VIMS Boat Basin. 8:03 am. Thursday, November 12, 2009. Photo by Mark Luckenbach.
Aquaculture Facility
Aquaculture Facility Flood waters affect the Aquaculture Facility in the VIMS Boat Basin. 8:02 am on Thursday, November 12, 2009. Photo by Mark Luckenbach.
Aquaculture Facility
Aquaculture Facility Flood waters in Franklin Hall in the VIMS Boat Basin. 7:49 am on Thursday, November 12, 2009. Photo by Mark Luckenbach.
Franklin Hall
Franklin Hall Flood waters in Franklin Hall in the VIMS Boat Basin. 7:52 am on Thursday, November 12, 2009. Photo by Mark Luckenbach.
Bay Eagle
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. Photo by Mark Luckenbach.
Wading
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.
Gloucester Point Park
Gloucester Point Park Flood waters enter Gloucester Point Park. 9:17 am, Thursday, November 12, 2009. Photo by Dave Parrish.
Oyster Pump House
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. Photo by Dave Parrish.
Boat Ramp
Boat Ramp Flood waters cover the Gloucester Point Public Boat Ramp. 9:20 am on Thursday, November 12, 2009. Photo by Dave Parrish.
Queens Lake Marina
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. Photo by Dave Parrish.
Jenkins Neck
Jenkins Neck Jenkins Neck, Virginia. 8:15 am on Thursday November 12. Photo by Capt. Voight C Hogge. Photo by Dave Parrish.
Vessels Operation Center
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. Photo by Dave Parrish.
Gloucester Point Fishing Pier
Gloucester Point Fishing Pier Flood waters impinge on the Gloucester Point Public Fishing Pier. 9:22 am on Thursday, November 12, 2009. Photo by Dave Parrish.

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