CFWLIX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1158 AM CDT WED SEP 1 2010

...ELEVATED TIDES WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI COAST AND
COASTAL SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

.PERSISTENT EAST AND SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL
CONTINUE TO KEEP TIDES ABOVE NORMAL ALONG EAST AND SOUTH FACING
SHORES THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. TIDE LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THIS PERIOD.

LAZ038-040-050-058-060>062-064-066>070-MSZ080>082-020100-
/O.CON.KLIX.CF.S.0012.000000T0000Z-100902T1200Z/
TANGIPAHOA-ST. TAMMANY-LIVINGSTON-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-
ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-UPPER ST. BERNARD-
LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-
LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-
1158 AM CDT WED SEP 1 2010

PERSISTENT EAST AND SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH OFFSHORE HAVE
CAUSED TIDES TO RISE TO 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL IN COASTAL
MISSISSIPPI AND COASTAL SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THE LAST COUPLE DAYS.
THESE HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES COULD CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SOME
LOW LYING ROADWAYS IN AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE HURRICANE PROTECTION
LEVEES...ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE OCCURS
BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 5 AM TONIGHT.

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