Post by norm-Lacombe on Oct 3, 2013 3:28:43 GMT -6
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
418 AM CDT THU OCT 3 2013
...A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING
FROM ALABAMA STATE LINE TO MOUTH OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER...
.A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EMERGING OFF THE NORTHEASTERN
TIP OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA WILL BE INTERACTING WITH HIGH
PRESSURE SITUATED OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. EASTERLY AND
SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL BE INCREASING STEADILY THROUGH
FRIDAY...BRINGING TIDES TO ELEVATED LEVELS...PARTICULARLY ALONG
EAST-FACING SHORES. THE SYSTEM IN THE LOWER GULF OF MEXICO IS
LIKELY TO DEVELOP INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OR TROPICAL STORM
TODAY WHILE MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTH GULF. COASTAL FLOOD WATCHES
MAY BECOME REPLACED BY TROPICAL WATCHES AND WARNINGS LATER TODAY
OR FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY
NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY TO AID IN DROPPING TIDE LEVELS TO NORMAL
LEVELS.
LAZ040-050-058-060-061-066>068-072-031730-
/O.NEW.KLIX.CF.Y.0004.131003T0918Z-131006T0500Z/
ST. TAMMANY-LIVINGSTON-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. CHARLES-
UPPER JEFFERSON-LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-
SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-
418 AM CDT THU OCT 3 2013
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY
NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY
NIGHT.
* COASTAL FLOODING...TIDE LEVELS WITHIN THE TIDAL LAKES AND IN THE
COASTAL AREAS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE ATCHAFALAYA
BAY CAN EXPECT HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES GENERALLY AROUND 1 TO 2
FEET ABOVE NORMAL.
* TIMING...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE COAST AND ALONG THE TIDAL
LAKE SHORES MAY EXPERIENCE MINOR INUNDATION MAINLY AT HIGH TIDE.
ACCESS ROADS TO THE COASTAL AREAS MAY HAVE SOME FLOODING AT
ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES. TIDES ARE AT NEAP LEVELS...THEREBY NOT
DROPPING MUCH AT LOW TIDE EACH DAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
IF A TROPICAL STORM DEVELOPS IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS...THE ADVISORY
MAY BE UPGRADED TO A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH OR REPLACED BY A TROPICAL
STORM WATCH OR WARNING...DEPENDING ON THE FORECAST TRACK AND
UNCERTAINTY ERROR CONE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS REGARDING
THIS EVOLVING WEATHER SITUATION.
&&
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
418 AM CDT THU OCT 3 2013
...A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING
FROM ALABAMA STATE LINE TO MOUTH OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER...
.A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EMERGING OFF THE NORTHEASTERN
TIP OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA WILL BE INTERACTING WITH HIGH
PRESSURE SITUATED OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. EASTERLY AND
SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL BE INCREASING STEADILY THROUGH
FRIDAY...BRINGING TIDES TO ELEVATED LEVELS...PARTICULARLY ALONG
EAST-FACING SHORES. THE SYSTEM IN THE LOWER GULF OF MEXICO IS
LIKELY TO DEVELOP INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OR TROPICAL STORM
TODAY WHILE MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTH GULF. COASTAL FLOOD WATCHES
MAY BECOME REPLACED BY TROPICAL WATCHES AND WARNINGS LATER TODAY
OR FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY
NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY TO AID IN DROPPING TIDE LEVELS TO NORMAL
LEVELS.
LAZ040-050-058-060-061-066>068-072-031730-
/O.NEW.KLIX.CF.Y.0004.131003T0918Z-131006T0500Z/
ST. TAMMANY-LIVINGSTON-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. CHARLES-
UPPER JEFFERSON-LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-
SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA-
418 AM CDT THU OCT 3 2013
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY
NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY
NIGHT.
* COASTAL FLOODING...TIDE LEVELS WITHIN THE TIDAL LAKES AND IN THE
COASTAL AREAS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE ATCHAFALAYA
BAY CAN EXPECT HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES GENERALLY AROUND 1 TO 2
FEET ABOVE NORMAL.
* TIMING...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE COAST AND ALONG THE TIDAL
LAKE SHORES MAY EXPERIENCE MINOR INUNDATION MAINLY AT HIGH TIDE.
ACCESS ROADS TO THE COASTAL AREAS MAY HAVE SOME FLOODING AT
ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES. TIDES ARE AT NEAP LEVELS...THEREBY NOT
DROPPING MUCH AT LOW TIDE EACH DAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
IF A TROPICAL STORM DEVELOPS IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS...THE ADVISORY
MAY BE UPGRADED TO A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH OR REPLACED BY A TROPICAL
STORM WATCH OR WARNING...DEPENDING ON THE FORECAST TRACK AND
UNCERTAINTY ERROR CONE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS REGARDING
THIS EVOLVING WEATHER SITUATION.
&&
