Incident – September Storm from Tropical Storm Julia

This Situation Report is the first report for the severe storm that is currently soaking Virginia Beach and Hampton Roads. As of 2:00 pm on Wednesday, September 21st, 2016, to report all actions taken thus far in response to 2 days of constant rainfall.

The latest information from Public Works programs is as follows:

Operations

* The drainage system is full and has limited remaining flood control capacity and is experiencing 100% stormwater runoff. It needs time to drain down.

Road Closures:

Dam Neck Rd – Corporate Landing to London Bridge in both directions
Elbow Rd – Salem to Round Hill
Indian River Rd – West Neck to Princess Anne (county side)
Elbow Road - portion of the road from Centerville Turnpike to the Virginia Beach city line at Indian River Road
Rosemont Rd – Bow Creek to Old Forge
Princess Anne – Holland to Seaboard (only are with structural flooding noted)
Sandbridge Road has re-opened as of 2:00 p.m. today

Other Flooded Areas:

Asheville Park (can’t get past entrance)
West Neck Creek is full and overtopping banks onto roadway
Salem Rd at S. Independence
I-264 Ramps at South Independence and Witchduck
College Park area
Level Green area
Christopher Farms
Hilltop
Windsor Woods

Traffic Ops/Streets:

Traffic Ops is making 100 additional flooding signs to supplement the 53 already used
1 dynamic message board deployed at Elson Green/Princess Anne to note Sandbridge road closure