COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 920 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS
ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
EST THIS AFTERNOON.
STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE ALLOWED WATER TO SURGE UP THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY AND TIDAL POTOMAC. THIS COMBINED WITH RUNOFF FROM
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OVERNIGHT WILL ALLOW FOR WATER LEVELS TO
REMAIN TWO FEET ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS DURING HIGH TIDE. THIS WILL
CAUSE MINOR TIDAL FLOODING.
HERE ARE THE TIMES OF THE NEXT HIGH TIDES
FOR A FEW LOCATIONS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...
ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...
HAVRE DE GRACE...3:46 PM...
FORT MCHENRY BALTIMORE...12:33 PM...
ANNAPOLIS U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY...11:03 AM...
NOW ALONG THE POTOMAC RIVER...
ALEXANDRIA...2:10 PM...
INDIAN HEAD...1:38 PM...
GOOSE BAY...9:44 AM...
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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SBK
WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 105 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY.
A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO THE NORTH WILL BRING A COLD FRONT TO
CROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG AND GUSTY
WINDS FROM THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THIS FRONT.
GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR. THE GROUND WAS SATURATED BY HEAVY
RAINS OVERNIGHT...AND DOWNED TREES WILL BE LIKELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
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