Coastal Flood Warnings/Watches/Statements
Issued by NWS Portland, ME

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
849 PM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

...ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES MAY RESULT IN MINOR SPLASH-OVER AND
HIGH WATER LEVELS LATE THIS EVENING...

.HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL COMBINE WITH WAVES OF 4 TO 8 FEET
TO CAUSE MINOR SPLASH-OVER AND HIGH WATER LEVELS AT THE TIME OF
HIGH TIDE AROUND 11 PM THIS EVENING. A STORM SURGE OF A QUARTER TO
A HALF FOOT WILL BRING THE TIDE TO AROUND THE 12.0 FT FLOOD STAGE
IN PORTLAND HARBOR.

MEZ023>028-NHZ014-250400-
/O.CON.KGYX.CF.Y.0009.130525T0200Z-130525T0400Z/
COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-
COASTAL WALDO-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
849 PM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT...

* LOCATION...COASTAL NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE.

* COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR SPLASH-OVER AND HIGH WATER LEVELS ARE
  EXPECTED.

* TIMING...BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...MINOR SPLASH-OVER. HIGH WATER IN HAMPTON NEW HAMPSHIRE
  MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF THE MOST VULNERABLE ROADWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS...WAVES AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE MINOR FLOODING...SPLASHOVER...AND BEACH
EROSION ALONG THE SHORE.

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