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WOCN13 CWHX 100856
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
FOR ILES-DE-LA-MADELEINE
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 4:56 A.M. AST FRIDAY 10 JANUARY 2025.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:
ILES-DE-LA-MADELEINE.
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==DISCUSSION==
LARGE WAVES, POUNDING SURF AND ELEVATED SEA WATER LEVELS ARE
EXPECTED, POSSIBLY EXCEEDING HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDE.
LOCATIONS: NORTH FACING SHORLINES OF THE MAGDALEN ISLANDS.
TIME SPAN: THIS MORNING UNTIL THIS EVENING.
REMARKS: STORM SURGE AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG
SHORELINES EXPOSED TO THE NORTH, ESPECIALLY AROUND HIGH TIDE. WATER
LEVELS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING, BUT HIGH WAVES WILL
PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE EASING BY SATURDAY MORNING.
SHORE OR BEACH EROSION AND DAMAGE TO COASTAL INFRASTRUCTURE IS
POSSIBLE IN VULNERABLE AREAS.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO
NSSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR TWEET REPORTS USING (HASH)QCSTORM.
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA
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