...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
.TIDE LEVELS ARE NEAR ONE FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED ASTRONOMICAL
TIDES...RESULTING IN TIDE LEVELS NEAR 3 FEET AT THE TIMES OF HIGH
TIDE SATURDAY EVENING. EASTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE
ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN GULF SUNDAY...RESULTING IN TIDE
LEVELS RUNNING ABOUT ONE TO ONE HALF FEET ABOVE THE PREDICTED
ASTRONOMICAL TIDES. THE ACTUAL TIDE LEVELS WOULD REACH BETWEEN 3.5
TO POSSIBLY 4 FEET DURING THE HIGH TIDE CYCLES SUNDAY EVENING...
RESULTING IN THE POTENTIAL FOR MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AT THESE
TIMES.
THIS COULD CAUSE PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 87 IN JEFFERSON COUNTY
BETWEEN SABINE PASS AND PORT ARTHUR TO HAVE SOME WATER ACROSS
IT... AS WELL AS SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW SPOTS ALONG HIGHWAY
82 BETWEEN JOHNSON BAYOU AND HOLLY BEACH IN CAMERON PARISH.
IN ADDITION...THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA HAS
RESULTED IN RIVER FLOODING ALONG THE SABINE AND CALCASIEU RIVERS.
ABOVE NORMAL TIDES ALONG THE COAST COULD SUSTAIN FLOODING ALONG
THE LOWER STRETCHES OF THESE RIVERS...MAINLY SOUTH OF THE
INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR.
STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV...RADIO...NOAA ALL-HAZARDS RADIO OR THE
INTERNET FOR THE LATEST ON THIS POTENTIAL COASTAL FLOODING EVENT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR MINOR
FLOODING ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. COASTAL RESIDENTS SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
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