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...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING...

TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INCREASING TO HIGHER THE NORMAL
LEVELS AND PERSIST AT HIGHER LEVELS DURING THE WEEKEND AND INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK. THESE HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDE LEVELS ARE BEING
DRIVEN BY A COMBINATION OF STRONG EASTERLY WINDS AND INCREASED
WAVE ACTION. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND
AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

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.

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 TO AROUND 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL AT
TIMES.

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 TODAY. ACCESS
ROADS INTO TIDAL MARSHES...MARINAS AND AREA CAMPS ARE LIKELY TO
BECOME INUNDATED AND IMPASSIBLE FOR LENGTHY PERIODS BY SUNDAY
MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY. SOME MINOR INUNDATION MAY BE REALIZED AS
EARLY AS SATURDAY MORNING.

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 THIS WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK.

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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.