COASTAL FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 615 PM EST SAT JAN 02 2010
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
AN INTENSE STORM MOVING NORTHWEST TOWARD COASTAL DOWNEAST MAINE
FROM THE OPEN ATLANTIC WILL BRING A STORM SURGE OF AT LEAST 1 TO
2 FEET ON TOP OF VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES LATER TONIGHT.
HIGH TIDE AT BAR HARBOR WILL OCCUR AT 0001 EST AND AT 0008 EST AT
EASTPORT. MAXIMUM ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE IS 12 FT AT BAR HARBOR AND
21 FT AT EASTPORT. TOTAL STORM TIDES AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE AT
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT WILL BE 12 TO 13 FT AT BAR HARBOR AND 22 TO 23 FT
AT EASTPORT.
STRONG WINDS AND STORM SURGES WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR
POSSIBLE COASTAL FLOODING ALSO AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE AROUND
NOONTIME SUNDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT AROUND THE TIME OF THE REFERENCED HIGH TIDES. COASTAL
RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA ESPECIALLY IN MACHIAS AND THE
CAUSEWAY TO DEER ISLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR
FLOODING ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. COASTAL RESIDENTS SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS...AND TAKE ACTION TO
PROTECT PROPERTY.
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FOSTER
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