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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
120 PM AKST SAT NOV 8 2025
AKZ755-091930-
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KUSKOKWIM DELTA COAST AND NUNIVAK ISLAND-
120 PM AKST SAT NOV 8 2025
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO NOON AKST SUNDAY...
* WHAT...WATER LEVELS AS HIGH AS 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE THE NORMAL
HIGHEST TIDE LINE.
* WHERE...ALONG THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA COAST AND NUNIVAK ISLAND.
* WHEN...THIS EVENING TO NOON SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...COASTAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND EROSION ARE
POSSIBLE. FLOOD WATERS MAY IMPEDE UPON DISPLACED STRUCTURES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS REACHING 45 MPH ALONG A
FRONT WILL APPROACH LATE THIS EVENING, CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING. THIS WILL LEAD TO COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS SUCH AS STORM
SURGE AND FLOODING. WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN RISING
BEYOND THE NORMAL HIGHEST TIDE LINE LATE TONIGHT. THIS COULD
CAUSE LOCALIZED AREAS OF EROSION ALONG THE COAST. STRUCTURES NOT
ELEVATED OFF THE GROUND MAY BE MORE VULNERABLE TO FLOOD WATERS.
IN KWIGILLINGOK, WHEN WATER LEVELS RISE ABOVE 2 FT, ACCESS TO
THE AIRSTRIP AND PORTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY COULD BE THREATENED
(VIA ROADS AND BOARDWALKS). WHILE WINDS AND STORM SURGE WILL
DIMINISH SUNDAY AFTERNOON, HIGH TIDE SUNDAY NIGHT MAY LIMIT
WATER DRAINAGE AND KEEP WATER LEVELS ELEVATED INTO MONDAY
MORNING.
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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