COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT
Issue Date: 825 AM CST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST SAT DEC 12 2009 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS
COAST TODAY...
.A LONG FETCH OF EASTERLY WINDS ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF WILL
RESULT IN SWELLS THAT WILL ELEVATE TIDE LEVELS ALONG THE
UPPER TEXAS COAST TODAY AND TONIGHT.
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ABOVE NORMAL TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY ACROSS THE UPPER
TEXAS COAST AS STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS PERSIST. TIDE LEVELS
BEFORE SUNRISE THIS MORNING WERE ALREADY 1.0 TO 1.5 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL...OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER LEVEL. LATER
TODAY THE TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH FROM 1.5 TO 2.0 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL.
THIS WOULD MEAN THAT THE ACTUAL TIDE LEVELS WILL LIKELY RANGE
FROM 2.5 TO 3.5 FEET...WITH SOME LOCATIONS EXPERIENCING TIDES OF
3.8 FEET. THERE WILL BE A NEARLY FLAT ASTRONOMICAL TIDE AT MANY
LOCATIONS ALONG THE COAST FOR MOST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
AND ELEVATED TIDES MAY PERSIST INTO LATE TONIGHT.
IF THE ACTUAL TIDE LEVELS REACH TO NEAR 3.8 FEET...MINOR COASTAL
FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. OVER WASH OF HIGHWAY 87 NEAR GILCREST
AND CRYSTAL BEACH MAY OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IF ABNORMALLY HIGH SWELLS
ACCOMPANY THE HIGH TIDES. THE SAME SETUP WOULD ALSO CAUSE MINOR
COASTAL FLOODING AT SURFSIDE.
LOCATION HIGH TIDE TIMES EXPECTED WATER MAX
EAGLE POINT...
FRI 6:10 PM. 2.8 FEET.
SAT 7:28 PM. 1.9 FEET.
PORT BOLIVAR...
FRI 2:30 PM. 3.2 FEET.
FRI 11:10 PM. 3.1 FEET.
SAT 3:48 PM. 2.3 FEET.
GALVESTON CHANNEL...
FRI 2:16 PM. 3.2 FEET.
FRI 10:56 PM. 3.1 FEET.
SAT 3:34 PM. 2.3 FEET.
GALVESTON PLEASURE PIER...
FRI 1:10 PM. 3.4 FEET.
FRI 9:50 PM. 3.4 FEET.
SAT 2:28 PM. 2.8 FEET.
JAMAICA BEACH...
FRI 4:54 PM. 2.8 FEET.
SAT 1:34 AM. 2.8 FEET.
SAT 6:12 PM. 1.9 FEET.
SAN LUIS PASS...
FRI 2:07 PM. 3.0 FEET.
FRI 10:47 PM. 3.0 FEET.
SAT 3:25 PM. 2.1 FEET.
FREEPORT...
FRI 1:32 PM. 3.4 FEET.
FRI 10:12 PM. 3.4 FEET.
SAT 2:50 PM. 2.7 FEET.
PORT O CONNOR...
FRI 9:07 PM. 2.8 FEET.
SAT 8:51 PM. 1.9 FEET.
NOTE: TIDE LEVELS ARE REFERENCED FROM MEAN LOWER LOW WATER
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 433 AM CST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST FRI DEC 11 2009 Expires:200912120000;;
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A COASTAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS DEVELOPING EAST OF BROWNSVILLE.
THIS FEATURE WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND ENHANCE TIDE
LEVELS ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST. AT HIGH TIDE...TIDE LEVELS
WILL RANGE FROM 2.5 TO 3.5 FEET. AT THIS TIME...ONLY MINOR COASTAL
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE SO A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH/WARNING HAS NOT BEEN
ISSUED. IF THE WINDS BECOME MORE EASTERLY...TIDE LEVELS COULD
EXCEED 3.8 FEET BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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