Interactive NWS Alert Information
Event Upgraded for 70358
Coastal Flood Watch valid from Jun 30 10 3:59 AM to 7:00 PM CDT
Sent to E-Mail at Jun 30 10 4:02 AM CDT
Radar Time: Jun 30 2010 4:00 AM CDT
000 WHUS44 KLIX 300859 CFWLIX COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 359 AM CDT WED JUN 30 2010 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT... .TIDES ACROSS THE REGION ARE RUNNING ABOUT ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF FEET ABOVE NORMAL FROM PROLONGED MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS NEAR THE COAST OF SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SLIGHTLY TODAY...HOWEVER...TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ONE TO TWO FEET ABOVE NORMAL. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. LAZ040-062-064-066>070-MSZ080>082-301700- /O.UPG.KLIX.CF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-100701T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLIX.CF.Y.0002.100630T0859Z-100701T0000Z/ ST. TAMMANY-ORLEANS-UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE- LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES- LOWER ST. BERNARD-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON- 359 AM CDT WED JUN 30 2010 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. MODERATE TO STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL PERSIST TODAY. THE ONSHORE WINDS ALONG WITH WAVE ACTION WILL RESULT IN TIDE LEVELS RUNNING 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. THE NEXT HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE RISE IN TIDES WILL RESULT IN MINOR COASTAL FLOODING MAINLY DURING HIGH TIDE. FLOODING OF SECONDARY ROADS AND SHELL ROADS WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. &&