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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1227 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011

...COASTAL FLOODING EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ALONG THE LOUISIANA
COASTLINE TODAY WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS. A PROLONGED
PERIOD OF EASTERLY WINDS WILL RESULT IN WATER LEVELS RUNNING 2 TO 3
FEET ABOVE NORMAL ALONG THE OPEN COAST AND 3 TO 4 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL NEAR THE ORLEANS...ST BERNARD PARISH BORDER ADJACENT TO
LAKE BORGNE.

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ST. TAMMANY-ORLEANS-UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER LAFOURCHE-
LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-HANCOCK-
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1227 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
MONDAY...

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY.

* COASTAL FLOODING: TIDES 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ARE ANTICIPATED
  ALONG OPEN COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... AND SOUTHERN
  MISSISSIPPI SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXCEPT THAT TIDES WILL
  BE 3 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL NEAR THE ST BERNARD...ORLEANS PARISH
  BORDER ADJACENT TO LAKE BORGNE.

* TIMING: MAIN THREAT WILL BE DURING PERIODS OF HIGH TIDE THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONDITIONS SHOULD EASE BY MONDAY
  MORNING.

* IMPACTS: THE HIGH TIDE LEVELS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING IN LOW LYING
  AREAS OUTSIDE OF HURRICANE PROTECTION LEVEES IN SOUTHEAST
  LOUISIANA AND IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI COAST AND
  LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE
AND PROPERTY.

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