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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
919 PM CDT THU JUL 1 2010

...ABNORMALLY HIGH WATER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY...

.ELEVATED TIDES...ASSOCIATED WITH THE LONG DURATION EASTERLY
FETCH OF STRONG WINDS WHICH FORCED WATER LEVELS HIGHER ALONG THE
WESTERN COASTS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL BE ENHANCED BY CONTINUED
LONG PERIOD SWELLS. TIDES WILL CONTINUE RUNNING ABOUT TWO FEET
ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. THESE LEVELS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE ON FRIDAY
AS WINDS DIMINISH AND BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY.

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919 PM CDT THU JUL 1 2010

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT
FRIDAY.

ABNORMALLY HIGH WATER LEVELS WILL PERSIST AT THE SHORELINE TONIGHT
AND FRIDAY MORNING. A LONG AND STRONG EASTERLY FETCH OF WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO FORCE WATER LEVELS HIGHER THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN GULF
OF MEXICO COASTAL AREAS. IN ADDITION...LONG PERIOD SOUTHERLY
SWELLS...ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT WAS HURRICANE ALEX...WILL ADD TO THE
OVER WASH RUN UP OF HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDE LEVELS ALONG THE
COAST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

THE ACTUAL TIDE LEVELS WILL BE RUNNING ABOUT 2 FEET ABOVE THE
PREDICTED TIDES...WITH THE ACTUAL HIGH TIDES RANGING FROM 3 TO
3.5 FEET LATE THROUGH THIS MORNING. NUISANCE COASTAL FLOODING IS
EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE
SHORE.

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SWEENEY