WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 528 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST
SUNDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST
SUNDAY.
WARMER AIR HAS MOVED INTO THE REGION TURNING THE PRECIPITATION
OVER TO RAIN. BUT WITH THE SNOW THAT FELL LAST NIGHT AND THE
CURRENT RAIN...SOME AREAS OF SLUSH COULD STILL PRODUCE SLIPPERY
SPOTS THIS MORNING. THE RAIN WILL TURN BACK OVER TO SNOW LATER
THIS AFTERNOON WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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COASTAL FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 505 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON.
STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG COASTAL
CAROLINAS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY...THEN ACCELERATE
FROM THE VIRGINIA COAST LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. THIS STORM
SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE MINOR TO MODERATE COASTAL
FLOODING ALONG THE EASTERN FACING SHORELINES OF HAMPTON ROADS AND
MIDDLE PENINSULA SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON DUE TO A PERIOD
OF PROLONGED STRONG ONSHORE FLOW.
TIDAL DEPARTURES BETWEEN 3 TO 4 FT ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER...
WOULD PRODUCE MINOR TO MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING. HIGH TIDE SATURDAY
MORNING AT SEWELLS POINT IS 10:43 AM WITH AN EXPECTED WATER LEVEL
BETWEEN 5.5 FT AND 6.5 FT.
IN COMPARISON...THE WATER LEVEL DURING THE NOVEMBER NOREASTER
REACHED 7.75 FT AT SEWELLS POINT. SEVERE FLOODING AT SEWELLS
POINT STARTS AT 7.1 FT MLLW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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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