COASTAL FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 505 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...
...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. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
EST TONIGHT.
STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG COASTAL
CAROLINAS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY...THEN ACCELERATE FROM
THE VIRGINIA COAST LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM
HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE
EASTERN FACING SHORELINES OF NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON DUE TO A PERIOD
OF PROLONGED STRONG ONSHORE FLOW.
TIDAL DEPARTURES OF AROUND 2.5 FT ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER...
WOULD PRODUCE MINOR TO MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING. HIGH TIDE
SATURDAY MORNING AT DUCK IS AT 8:54 AM WITH AN EXPECTED WATER
LEVEL AT 5.5 TO 6.5 FT.
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.
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH
EROSION.
$$
HIGH SURF ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 505 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...
...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
EST TONIGHT.
STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG COASTAL
CAROLINAS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY...THEN ACCELERATE FROM
THE VIRGINIA COAST LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM
HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE
EASTERN FACING SHORELINES OF NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON DUE TO A PERIOD
OF PROLONGED STRONG ONSHORE FLOW.
TIDAL DEPARTURES OF AROUND 2.5 FT ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER...
WOULD PRODUCE MINOR TO MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING. HIGH TIDE
SATURDAY MORNING AT DUCK IS AT 8:54 AM WITH AN EXPECTED WATER
LEVEL AT 5.5 TO 6.5 FT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE
AND PROPERTY.
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH
EROSION.
$$
FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1242 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CAROLINA...BERTIE...CAMDEN...
CHOWAN...GATES...HERTFORD...INLAND CURRITUCK...OUTER BANKS
CURRITUCK...PASQUOTANK AND PERQUIMANS. IN VIRGINIA...
ACCOMACK...CHESAPEAKE...ISLE OF WIGHT...NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON...
NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH...NORTHAMPTON VA...SUFFOLK...VIRGINIA BEACH
AND YORK.
* UNTIL NOON EST TODAY
* LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK SLOWLY NORTHEAST ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC
COAST OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TO THE REGION. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. GIVEN
THE RECENT EXTENDED WET PERIOD...THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY
LEAD TO FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS...IN
ADDITION TO URBAN FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
$$
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