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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1020 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013
...THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A COASTAL FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE HIGH TIDE AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...
.THE PREDICTED HIGH TIDE IS 11.8 FT AT 1158 PM TONIGHT AT
PORTLAND. THE TIDAL FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FT MLLW. THE SURGE HAS
INCREASED TO AROUND 0.9 FT THIS EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN A
HIGH TIDE OF UP TO 12.5 FT MLLW AT PORTLAND HARBOR. IN ADDITION...
5 TO 6 FOOT SWELL WILL CREATE SOME SPLASH OVER AND BEACH EROSION
AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE.
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COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-
COASTAL WALDO-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
1020 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013
...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* LOCATION...WESTERN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE COASTLINE.
* COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR FLOODING, SPLASH OVER AND BEACH
EROSION.
* TIMING...AROUND THE TIME OF THE HIGH TIDE TONIGHT WHICH IS
1158 PM AT PORTLAND.
* IMPACTS...SPLASH OVER AND BEACH EROSION DUE TO WAVE ACTION. THE
TIDE LEVEL WILL EXCEED THE 12 FOOT BENCHMARK THAT BEGINS
FLOODING OF THE LOWEST FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT...
AS MINOR FLOODING...AS WELL AS SPLASH OVER AND BEACH EROSION ARE
EXPECTED.
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