COASTAL FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1246 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS
ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM
EST THIS EVENING. THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
A PERSISTENT EASTERLY FLOW HAS BROUGHT TIDAL ANOMALIES OF TWO TO
THREE FEET ABOVE NORMAL THIS AFTERNOON. THE EASTERLY FLOW WILL
WEAKEN SOME...BUT IT WILL REMAIN STRONG ENOUGH FOR TIDAL
ANOMALIES TO REMAIN WELL ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE
THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CAUSE WATER LEVELS TO REACH THRESHOLDS
FOR MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING NEAR TIMES OF HIGH TIDE FOR COUNTIES
BORDERING THE UPPER TIDAL POTOMAC.
HERE ARE THE TIMES OF THE NEXT HIGH TIDES
FOR A FEW LOCATIONS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...
ON THE POTOMAC RIVER...
ALEXANDRIA...3:04 PM...
INDIAN HEAD...2:32 PM...
A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE
AND PROPERTY.
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