COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 346 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS
MORNING...
THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS
MORNING.
STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MID ATLANTIC WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
NORTHEAST AND AWAY FROM THE REGION THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY WITH SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH EXPECTED EARLY
THIS MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL KEEP WATER LEVELS ELEVATED OVER
THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE PAMLICO SOUND. MINOR FLOODING CAN BE
EXPECTED ADJACENT TO THE SOUNDS MAINLY NORTH OF HATTERAS. WATER LEVELS
CURRENTLY ARE RUNNING ABOUT 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL NEAR THE OREGON
INLET MARINA AND WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE AS THE WINDS DIMINISH THIS
AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS IN AREAS PRONE TO SOUND SIDE FLOODING SHOULD
CONTINUE TO KEEP ALERT THIS MORNING AND TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT ANY
PROPERTY THAT MAY BE THREATENED.
ON THE OCEAN SIDE...WATER LEVELS AROUND DUCK WERE STILL RUNNING
AROUND A FOOT ABOVE NORMAL. THE NEXT HIGH TIDE AT ABOUT 930 AM
WILL SEE WATER LEVELS ABOUT A FOOT AND A HALF ABOVE NORMAL WHICH
WOULD BRING THEM TO ABOUT THE HEIGHT OF THE MAXIMUM ASTRONOMICAL
TIDE. THIS COULD HAVE SOME MINOR EFFECTS IN THE TYPICAL OCEANSIDE
FLOOD PRONE AREAS OF THE OUTER BANKS FROM NEAR RODANTHE NORTH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
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RSB
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