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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
449 AM AKDT TUE OCT 7 2025
AKZ755-080200-
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KUSKOKWIM DELTA COAST AND NUNIVAK ISLAND-
449 AM AKDT TUE OCT 7 2025
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS
MORNING TO 4 AM AKDT WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...WATER LEVELS AS HIGH AS 1.5 TO 3.5 FEET ABOVE THE NORMAL
HIGHEST TIDE LINE.
* WHERE...ALONG THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA COAST AND NUNIVAK ISLAND.
* WHEN...THIS MORNING TO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING, COINCIDING WITH
HIGH TIDES THIS MORNING AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...COASTAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND EROSION ARE
POSSIBLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...PERSISTENT SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS
WILL RANGE FROM 45 MPH TO 55 MPH THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL LEAD TO COASTAL IMPACTS SUCH AS
STORM SURGE AND FLOODING. ELEVATED WATER LEVELS ARE LIKELY
DURING THE HIGH TIDES THIS MORNING ACROSS NUNIVAK ISLAND AND
MEKORYUK AND TONIGHT ALONG THE KUSKOKWIM BAY COAST. COASTAL
HAZARDS ALSO INCLUDE WAVE HEIGHTS RANGING FROM 8 TO 12 FEET
BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE SLOWLY SUBSIDING WEDNESDAY
MORNING. THIS COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED AREAS OF EROSION ALONG THE
COAST.
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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