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Albany Forecast

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY.

RESIDENTS AND INTERESTS ALONG THE COAST ARE URGED TO MAKE
PREPARATIONS FOR MODERATE TO SIGNIFICANT INUNDATION THAT MAY LAST
FOR 2 TO 3 DAYS AS TIDES RISE ABOVE NORMAL TO AS HIGH AS 4 TO 5
FEET TONIGHT AND 5 TO 7 FEET ON MONDAY. TIDES ARE STILL EXPECTED TO
BE 3 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY
ALONG EAST FACING SHORES IN ST BERNARD AND PLAQUEMINES PARISH...
AND ALONG HANCOCK COUNTY. CURRENTLY...TIDES ARE RUNNING ABOUT 1 TO
2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE
AND PROPERTY.

&&

...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON
CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON
CST TUESDAY. THE COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH
THIS EVENING.

RESIDENTS AND INTERESTS ALONG THE COAST ARE URGED TO MAKE
PREPARATIONS FOR MODERATE TO SIGNIFICANT INUNDATION THAT MAY LAST
FOR 2 TO 3 DAYS AS TIDES RISE ABOVE NORMAL TO AS HIGH AS 4 TO 5
FEET TONIGHT AND 5 TO 6 FEET ON MONDAY. TIDES ARE STILL EXPECTED
TO BE 3 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY
ALONG EAST FACING SHORES IN ST BERNARD AND PLAQUEMINES PARISH...
AND ALONG HANCOCK COUNTY. CURRENTLY...TIDES ARE RUNNING ABOUT 1
FOOT ABOVE NORMAL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR
FLOODING ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS SHOULD
INCLUDE REMOVAL OF MACHINERY...VEHICLES AND OTHER MOVABLE
PROPERTY OUT OF AREAS PRONE TO COASTAL FLOODING AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE. ACCESS ROADS INTO TIDAL MARSHES...MARINAS AND AREA
CAMPS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME INUNDATED AND IMPASSIBLE FOR LENGTHY
PERIODS DURING THE DAY SUNDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY.
SOME MINOR INUNDATION MAY BE REALIZED AS EARLY AS TODAY.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV...RADIO...NOAA ALL-HAZARDS RADIO OR THE
INTERNET FOR THE LATEST ON THIS POTENTIAL COASTAL FLOODING
EPISODE. A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MAY BE ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF
THE COAST AT ANY TIME THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE
AND PROPERTY.

&&

TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO ABNORMALLY HIGH LEVELS AND
PERSIST AT HIGHER LEVELS DURING THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK. ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE IN THE ANNUAL HIGH SPRING TIDE CYCLE
WHICH HAVE LARGER RANGES THAN NORMAL. THE AUGMENTATION OF WAVE
ACTION AND STRONG EASTERLY WIND GRADIENTS WILL DEVELOP A PROLONGED
PERIOD OF ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES THAT WOULD BE PARTICULARLY
REALIZED DURING DAILY HIGH TIDES BUT COULD ALSO CONTINUE THROUGH
THE LOW TIDE PORTIONS OF THE CYCLE THIS WEEKEND.

INTERESTS ALONG THE COAST AND ON THE TIDAL LAKES OUTSIDE THE HURRICANE
LEVEE PROTECTION SYSTEMS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE SITUATION. ALSO
INTERESTS ALONG LOWER REACHES OF RIVERS AND STREAMS THAT DRAIN INTO
THE TIDAL LAKES SHOULD BE MINDFUL OF RISING WATER LEVELS DUE TO TIDAL
EFFECTS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY
IF COASTAL FLOOD WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED IN THE UPCOMING
DAYS. ACCESS ROADS INTO TIDAL MARSHES...MARINAS AND AREA CAMPS MAY
BECOME INUNDATED AND IMPASSIBLE FOR LENGTHY PERIODS.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV...RADIO...NOAA ALL-HAZARDS RADIO OR THE INTERNET
FOR THE LATEST ON THIS POTENTIAL COASTAL FLOODING EPISODE. WHILE
CONFIDENCE IS RATHER HIGH THAT ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES WILL OCCUR...THERE
REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY ON THE DEGREE OF INUNDATION. THOSE COASTAL
SECTIONS THAT FACE EAST...GENERALLY FROM BAY ST LOUIS MISSISSIPPI
TO PORT FOURCHON APPEAR MOST VULNERABLE...THOUGH HIGHER TIDES CAN
AND WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALONG THE ENTIRE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST
THIS WEEKEND. A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MAY BE POSTED FRIDAY FOR PORTIONS
OR ALL OF THE SHORES ALONG MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.

Note: In order to comply with National Weather Service safety tests, occasionally this product will display test alerts, which are normally conducted during calm, quiet weather.