CFWCAR

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
328 PM EDT THU NOV 4 2010

...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING EXPECTED FRIDAY MORNING...

MEZ029-030-050330-
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COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
328 PM EDT THU NOV 4 2010

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO NOON EDT
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO NOON EDT FRIDAY.

THE COMBINATION OF A HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDE ...STORM SURGE OF 1
TO 2 FEET AND LARGE WAVES WILL PRODUCE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING
AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE SATURDAY MORNING WILL
OCCUR SHORTLY AFTER 10 AM. PRIMARY CONCERN IS FOR AREAS DIRECTLY
EXPOSED TO THESE LARGE OCEAN WAVES.

LARGE WAVES CAN OVER-TOP BARRIERS...BERMS ALONG THE BEACH AND LOW
LINING CAUSEWAYS. MINOR BEACH EROSION IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PEOPLE ARE URGED TO STAY AWAY LOW LINING ROADS NEAR EXPOSED BEACHES.
DUE TO THE LARGE WAVES IT IS ALSO RECOMMENDED PEOPLE STAY A SAFE
DISTANCE FROM ROCKS...SEA WALLS OR JETTIES. THE SIZE OF THE
INCOMING WAVES WILL VARY GREATLY OVER SHORT PERIODS OF TIME AND
YOU CAN BE UNEXPECTEDLY WASHED INTO THE OCEAN.

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