🌊 Delmarva Afternoon Update — Thursday, September 24, 2026
New Coastal Flood Warnings are now in effect for parts of Maryland’s Eastern Shore and Virginia’s Eastern Shore, adding to the ongoing coastal hazards in Delaware.
What's Changed Since This Morning: The main afternoon change is the expansion of Coastal Flood Warnings to Accomack and Northampton counties in Virginia, Inland Worcester County, and Dorchester, Wicomico, and Somerset counties in Maryland. No organized SPC severe-thunderstorm risk has developed across sampled Delmarva points. The concern remains coastal: significant tidal flooding, dangerous surf, and strong northeast winds.
Current Severe Weather Picture: SPC Day 1 and Day 2 continue to show no organized convective risk over Delmarva. Rain remains limited today, with Wilmington through Salisbury generally dry and Ocean City and Chincoteague carrying only a slight shower chance of 19–21%. Coastal flooding is tidal flooding, driven by the coastal system and persistent onshore flow—not widespread rainfall.
Active Watches & Warnings:
- Coastal Flood Warning: Delaware Beaches; Kent and Inland Sussex until September 26 at 2:00 AM EDT.
- Coastal Flood Warning: Accomack and Northampton, VA, and Inland Worcester, MD, until September 26 at 10:00 AM EDT.
- Coastal Flood Warning: Dorchester, Wicomico, and Somerset, MD, until September 26 at 4:00 AM EDT.
- Coastal Flood Advisory: New Castle, DE, until September 26 at 1:00 AM EDT; Queen Anne’s, Talbot, and Caroline, MD, until September 25 at 8:00 AM EDT.
- Wind Advisory: Delaware Beaches until September 25 at 6:00 PM EDT; Accomack and Northampton until 8:00 PM EDT today.
- High Wind Watch: Delaware Beaches from September 25 at 6:00 PM EDT through September 26 at 6:00 PM EDT.
- High Surf Advisory and Rip Current Statement: Delaware Beaches through September 26 at 8:00 PM EDT.
- High Surf Advisory and Beach Hazards Statement: Accomack and Northampton through September 25 evening.
Through Tonight: Clouds hold firm with temperatures near 68–69°F and northeast winds strongest along the coast, including 25–30 mph in Lewes and near 30 mph at Ocean City and Chincoteague. Most inland locations stay dry; isolated showers remain possible near the southern and ocean-facing coast.
Bottom Line: The weather story is coastal flooding, rough surf, and strong northeast winds—not thunderstorms or widespread rain.
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