COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT
Warning Issue Date: 958 PM CST FRI DEC 11 2009
ABOVE NORMAL TIDES WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING
ACROSS THE UPPER TEXAS COAST AS STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS
PERSIST. TIDE LEVELS ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING ABOUT 2.0 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
2.7 TO 3.6 FEET...WITH A FEW SPOTS POSSIBLY SEEING LEVELS AS HIGH AS
3.8 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. 3.3 FEET.
SAT 3:48 PM. 2.3 FEET.
GALVESTON CHANNEL...
FRI 10:56 PM. 3.3 FEET.
SAT 3:34 PM. 2.3 FEET.
GALVESTON PLEASURE PIER...
FRI 9:50 PM. 3.7 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. 3.2 FEET.
SAT 3:25 PM. 2.1 FEET.
FREEPORT... FRI 10:12 PM. 3.3 FEET.
SAT 2:50 PM. 1.7 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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