HIGH SURF ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 305 AM PST WED DEC 16 2009
HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
PST THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON...NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PST
THURSDAY.
STRONG STORMS OVER THE NORTH PACIFIC HAVE GENERATED LARGE WAVES.
THESE WAVES WILL ARRIVE ALONG THE COASTLINE EARLY THIS EVENING...AND
CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
SEAS OF 10 TO 12 FEET THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY BUILD TODAY...
REACHING 15 TO 17 FEET BY LATE AFTERNOON...THEN 19 TO 20 FEET
EARLY THIS EVENING AND HOLD AROUND 20 FEET TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH
EROSION.
IT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS TO VENTURE NEAR THE COAST UNDER HIGH SURF
CONDITIONS. PEOPLE AT TIMES ARE SWEPT OFF ROCKS AND JETTIES AND
DROWN WHILE OBSERVING HIGH SURF. STAY WELL BACK FROM THE WATERS
EDGE AND BE ALERT FOR THE EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH WAVE.
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ROCKEY.
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