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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
123 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2025
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COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
123 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2025
..HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT SATURDAY
..COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS 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.
* 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. 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.
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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