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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
253 PM AKDT TUE OCT 7 2025
AKZ755-081200-
/O.CON.PAFC.CF.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-251008T1200Z/
KUSKOKWIM DELTA COAST AND NUNIVAK ISLAND-
253 PM AKDT TUE OCT 7 2025
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 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...THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING, COINCIDING WITH HIGH
TIDES.
* 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 THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS
WILL LEAD TO COASTAL IMPACTS SUCH AS STORM SURGE AND FLOODING.
ELEVATED WATER LEVELS ARE LIKELY DURING THE HIGH TIDES. COASTAL
HAZARDS ALSO INCLUDE WAVE HEIGHTS RANGING FROM 8 TO 12 FEET
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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