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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
159 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2025
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COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
159 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2025
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
2 PM EDT SATURDAY...
..COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT IN EFFECT FRIDAY EVENING
* WHAT....WAVES BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FEET, WITH A WAVE PERIOD OF 13
TO 17 SECONDS. MINOR SPLASHOVER IS POSSIBLE AT HIGH TIDE FRIDAY
NIGHT.
* WHERE...COASTAL HANCOCK AND COASTAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FOR THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY, FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 2
PM EDT SATURDAY. FOR THE COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT, FRIDAY EVENING
AT HIGH TIDE. SHORELINE FLOOD IMPACTS...BUILDING WAVES WILL
CAUSE MINOR SPLASH-OVER ON EXPOSED COASTAL ROADS AND SHORELINES.
PEDESTRIANS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION ALONG SHORELINES.LARGE
WAVES CAN PRESENT A DANGER TO PEOPLE ON ROCKS ABOVE THE WATER.
STAY AWAY FROM ROCK OUTCROPS ALONG THE SHORELINE EXPOSED TO
OCEAN WAVES...AS WAVES CAN EASILY SWEEP PEOPLE INTO THE COLD
OCEAN WATER.
* IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS AND SNEAKER WAVES WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS
BEACH CONDITIONS. SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE. MINOR
SPLASHOVER POSSIBLE DURING HIGH TIDE FRIDAY EVENING.
LARGE WAVES CAN PRESENT A DANGER TO PEOPLE ON ROCKS ABOVE THE
WATER. STAY AWAY FROM ROCK OUTCROPS ALONG THE SHORELINE EXPOSED
TO OCEAN WAVES...AS WAVES CAN EASILY SWEEP PEOPLE INTO THE COLD
OCEAN WATER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH
EROSION.
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