COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT
Warning Issue Date: 734 AM PST SUN DEC 06 2009
...ABOVE NORMAL SURF EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY...
SURF 1 TO 3 FEET EARLY THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE TO 4 TO 6 FEET
THIS AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL SETS TO 8 FEET. LOCAL SETS IN
EXCESS OF 9 FEET ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. HIGH SURF AT AREA BEACHES
WILL GENERATE A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR RIP CURRENTS.
ANYONE THAT IS LESS THAN EXPERIENCED AT SWIMMING IS ADVISED TO
AVOID GETTING TOO CLOSE TO THE SURF AND SWELL ON TODAY THROUGH
TUESDAY. THIS INCLUDES SWIMMING OR WADING IN THE WATER...OR
WALKING OUT ON BEACH OVERLOOKS OR JETTIES.
THERE IS A CHANCE THAT WIDESPREAD SURF CONDITIONS ABOVE 7 FEET
COULD DEVELOP ON MONDAY EVENING...CAUSING LOCAL BEACH EROSION AND
MINOR COASTAL FLOODING. THE SWELL AND WEATHER PATTERN WILL HAVE
TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY AS A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.
WITH THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM...LOCAL
OFFICIALS MAY ADVISE RESIDENTS AND BEACH-GOERS TO REMAIN OUT OF
THE WATER FOR EARLY WEEK DUE TO UNTREATED STORM DRAINAGE FLOW.
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