National Weather Service warns on unusual high tides in Port Townsend

  • Wednesday, November 28, 2012 12:01am
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Port Townsend and the Hood Canal area are included in this coastal flood advisory issued by the National Weather Service:

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA

400 PM PST WED NOV 28 2012

WAZ001-503-504-506>511-291300-

/O.NEW.KSEW.CF.Y.0003.121129T1200Z-121130T1700Z/

SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-

WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-

TACOMA AREA-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-

400 PM PST WED NOV 28 2012

…COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM THURSDAY TO 9 AM

PST FRIDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL

FLOOD ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM THURSDAY TO 9 AM

PST FRIDAY.

* HAZARD…THE COMBINATION OF SEASONAL HIGH TIDES AND LOWER

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE INVOLVED WITH THE CURRENT SEQUENCE OF

PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEMS RAISES THE POTENTIAL OF MINOR TIDAL

OVERFLOW EACH MORNING THURSDAY…FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. WINDY

CONDITIONS AND WAVE ACTION MAY AGGRAVATE THESE CONDITIONS.

* IMPACTS…IMPACTS MAY INCLUDE WATER OVER LOW-LYING

ROADWAYS…SHORELINES…HARBORS AND POSSIBLY INTO ANY LOW-LYING

HOMES AND PROPERTY.

* TIME OF HIGH TIDE…FOR SEATTLE…HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 617 AM

THURSDAY…645 AM FRIDAY AND 716 AM SATURDAY. IN PORT

TOWNSEND…HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 608 AM THURSDAY…641 AM

FRIDAY AND 713 AM SATURDAY. FOR CHERRY POINT…HIGH TIDE WILL

OCCUR AT 659 AM THURSDAY…732 AM FRIDAY AND 806 AM SATURDAY.

* PREDICTED TIDE…FOR SEATTLE…11.8 FEET THURSDAY…11.9 FEET

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. FOR PORT TOWNSEND…9.1 FEET FOR

THURSDAY…FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. FOR CHERRY POINT…9.7 FEET FOR

THURSDAY…9.8 FEET FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

* EXPECTED TIDAL ANOMALY…TIDAL ANOMALIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE ONE

TO TWO FEET ABOVE EXPECTED HIGH TIDES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES

WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.

PREPARE NOW FOR ANY THREAT OF WATER IN THESE LOW-LYING VULNERABLE

AREAS SUCH AS MOVING KEY PROPERTY ITEMS TO HIGHER GROUND.

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