COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 407 PM PST THU DEC 31 2009
HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM
PST SATURDAY FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST...
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO
5 AM PST SATURDAY FOR LOW LYING AREAS OF COASTAL SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON...
THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM PST SATURDAY.
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO
5 AM PST SATURDAY.
ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES RETURN EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE IN
EXCESS OF 11 FEET...LIKELY TO BE BETWEEN 11.5 AND 12.5 FEET. THIS
WILL RESULT IN MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...AND SOME FLOODING OF SEA
WATER ALONG THE LOW LYING SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON.
THE HIGH TIDE BETWEEN NOON AND 1 PM FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
LARGE WAVES...BETWEEN 21 AND 25 FEET...WILL BEGIN MOVING INTO THE
SURF ZONE BY LATER FRIDAY MORNING. THESE WAVES WILL MAINTAIN THE
THREAT OF LOW LYING COASTAL FLOODING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON
INTO FRIDAY EVENING. THESE WAVES WILL SUBSIDE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
AFFECTED LOCATIONS INCLUDE LOW LYING AREAS NEAR BAYS AND
SLOUGHS...HIGHWAY 101...AND THE LOWER REACHES OF COASTAL RIVERS.
IN THE PAST...TIDES OF 11.8 FEET RESULTED IN MINOR FLOODING NEAR
THE POST OFFICE IN RAYMOND.
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.
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
$$
HIGH SURF ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 407 PM PST THU DEC 31 2009
HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM
PST SATURDAY FOR THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST...
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO
5 AM PST SATURDAY FOR LOW LYING AREAS OF COASTAL SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON...
THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM PST SATURDAY.
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO
5 AM PST SATURDAY.
ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES RETURN EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE IN
EXCESS OF 11 FEET...LIKELY TO BE BETWEEN 11.5 AND 12.5 FEET. THIS
WILL RESULT IN MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...AND SOME FLOODING OF SEA
WATER ALONG THE LOW LYING SECTIONS OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON.
THE HIGH TIDE BETWEEN NOON AND 1 PM FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
LARGE WAVES...BETWEEN 21 AND 25 FEET...WILL BEGIN MOVING INTO THE
SURF ZONE BY LATER FRIDAY MORNING. THESE WAVES WILL MAINTAIN THE
THREAT OF LOW LYING COASTAL FLOODING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON
INTO FRIDAY EVENING. THESE WAVES WILL SUBSIDE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
AFFECTED LOCATIONS INCLUDE LOW LYING AREAS NEAR BAYS AND
SLOUGHS...HIGHWAY 101...AND THE LOWER REACHES OF COASTAL RIVERS.
IN THE PAST...TIDES OF 11.8 FEET RESULTED IN MINOR FLOODING NEAR
THE POST OFFICE IN RAYMOND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH
EROSION.
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
$$
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