COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT
Warning Issue Date: 258 PM CST FRI DEC 11 2009
ABOVE NORMAL TIDES WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE UPPER
TEXAS COAST AS STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS PERSIST. TIDE LEVELS
ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING ABOUT 1.5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL...OTHERWISE KNOWN
AS THE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER LEVEL. TIDE LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO
SUBSIDE SATURDAY TO 0.5 TO 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL.
THIS WOULD MEAN THAT THE ACTUAL TIDE LEVELS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM
2.5 TO 3.2 FEET...WITH A FEW SPOTS POSSIBLY SEEING LEVELS AS HIGH
AS 3.5 FEET. THERE WILL BE A NEARLY FLAT ASTRONOMICAL TIDE AT MANY
LOCATIONS ALONG THE COAST FOR MOST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
AND ELEVATED TIDES MAY PERSIST INTO LATE TONIGHT.
LOCATION HIGH TIDE TIMES EXPECTED WATER MAX
EAGLE POINT...
FRI 6:10 PM. 2.8 FEET.
SAT 7:28 PM. 1.9 FEET.
PORT BOLIVAR...
FRI 11:10 PM. 3.1 FEET.
SAT 3:48 PM. 2.3 FEET.
GALVESTON CHANNEL...
FRI 10:56 PM. 3.1 FEET.
SAT 3:34 PM. 2.3 FEET.
GALVESTON PLEASURE PIER...
FRI 9:50 PM. 3.4 FEET.
SAT 2:28 PM. 2.8 FEET.
JAMAICA BEACH...
FRI 4:54 PM. 2.8 FEET.
SAT 1:34 AM. 2.8 FEET.
SAT 6:12 PM. 1.9 FEET.
SAN LUIS PASS...
FRI 10:47 PM. 3.0 FEET.
SAT 3:25 PM. 2.1 FEET.
FREEPORT...
FRI 10:12 PM. 3.2 FEET.
SAT 2:50 PM. 2.7 FEET.
PORT O CONNOR...
FRI 9:07 PM. 2.8 FEET.
SAT 8:51 PM. 1.9 FEET.
NOTE: TIDE LEVELS ARE REFERENCED FROM MEAN LOWER LOW WATER
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