COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT
Warning Issue Date: 914 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009
SOME SPLASH-OVER IN BEACH COMMUNITIES IS POSSIBLE EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE...BUT NOT WITH THE IMPACT OF
TODAY`S SPLASH-OVER DAMAGE. HIGH TIDE IN PORTLAND HARBOR WILL
OCCUR AT 531 AM.
LUCKILY...WINDS HAVE SWITCHED TO THE SOUTHWEST WHICH WILL ALLOW THE 20
FOOT NEARSHORE WAVES TO SUBSIDE TO AROUND 12 FEET OR SO BY EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING. NEVERTHELESS...SAND DUNES TOOK A POUNDING
TODAY...ALLOWING FOR SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION IN SOME LOCATIONS.
THIS LOSS OF PROTECTION WILL LEAVE SOME BEACH COMMUNITIES
VULNERABLE AT HIGH TIDE.
THEREFORE...RESIDENTS IN VULNERABLE...LOW LYING BEACH LOCATIONS SHOULD
KEEP ABREAST OF THE SITUATION EARLY THURSDAY.
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JC
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