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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
332 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013
..NUISANCE COASTAL FLOODING ONGOING THIS AFTERNOON
..VERY LOW TIDES EXPECTED THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING
.PERSISTENT AND STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
GULF WATERS THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IS CAUSING A MINOR
TIDAL PILE UP ALONG THE COAST AND INLAND LAKES AND BAYS ACROSS
COASTAL SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND COASTAL LOUISIANA DURING ASTRONOMICAL
HIGH TIDE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH WATER LEVELS RANGING FROM 2.5 TO
3.5 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER.
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING.
GALE FORCE NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE THIS
EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS...COMBINED WITH THE
ASTRONOMICAL LOW TIDE TOWARDS DAYBREAK FRIDAY...WILL RESULT IN
TIDES OF -1.0 TO -1.5 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. IN ADDITION...THE
QUICK DROP IN TIDES OF 4 OR MORE FEET FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING WILL RESULT IN RATHER STRONG CURRENTS ACROSS THE
COASTAL LAKES AND BAYS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SABINE AND CALCASIEU
SHIP CHANNELS.
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CALCASIEU-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON-
EAST CAMERON-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-
332 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING.
* COASTAL FLOODING: THE ACTUAL TIDES WILL BE RUNNING ABOUT 1.0
TO 1.5 FEET ABOVE THE TIDE TABLE VALUES...WITH WATER LEVELS
RANGING FROM 2.5 TO 3.0 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER.
* TIMING: NUISANCE TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS DURING THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE.
* IMPACTS: MINOR FLOODING ALONG LOWER ELEVATIONS NEAR THE COAST
AND ALONG SECONDARY ROADWAYS WILL CONTINUE.
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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