COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 459 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM CST THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM CST THIS EVENING.
STRONG ONSHORE WINDS AND LARGE WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE TIDES
TO RISE ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS TODAY...REACHING AS HIGH AS TWO
FEET ABOVE NORMAL PREDICTED LEVELS. TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH
LEVELS THAT CAUSE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING OVER THE LOWEST LYING
AREAS OF THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST AND THE EAST FACING SHORES OF
COASTAL SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...OUTSIDE THE LEVEE PROTECTION
SYSTEM...FROM SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE
MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING
HOURS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AND CAUSE WATER
LEVELS TO DROP AS WINDS TURN TO WESTERLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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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