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

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WHUS41 KGYX 251945
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
345 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE HIGH TIDE
AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...

.THE PREDICTED HIGH TIDE IS 11.8 FT AT 1158 PM TONIGHT AT PORTLAND.
THE TIDAL FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FT. THERE HAS BEEN A SURGE OF A
QUARTER TO JUST UNDER HALF A FOOT OVER THE PAST COUPLE DAYS. NOW
THAT WINDS ARE FROM THE NORTH THE TIDE WILL RUN CLOSER TO
PREDICTED VALUES...BUT WE STILL COULD SEE THE TIDE REACH THE 12
FOOT BENCHMARK FOR MINIMAL COASTAL FLOODING. MORE SIGNIFICANT ARE
THE WAVES OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...RUNNING 5FEET AT THE PORTLAND
BUOY. WAVE ACTION WILL CREATE SOME SPLASHOVER AND BEACH EROSION
AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT.

MEZ023>028-NHZ014-260600-
/O.NEW.KGYX.CF.Y.0010.130526T0200Z-130526T0600Z/
COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-
COASTAL WALDO-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
345 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
2 AM EDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 AM EDT
SUNDAY.

* LOCATION...WESTERN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE COASTLINE.

* COASTAL FLOODING...VERY MINOR FLOODING AND MINOR SPLASHOVER AND
  BEACH EROSION.

* TIMING...AROUND THE TIME OF THE HIGH TIDE TONIGHT WHICH IS 1158
  PM AT PORTLAND.


* IMPACTS...MINOR SPLASHOVER AND BEACH EROSION DUE TO WAVE ACTION.
  THE TIDE LEVEL MAY JUST REACH THE 12 FOOT BENCHMARK THAT BEGINS
  FLOODING OF THE LOWEST PRONE AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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