Flood Watch Alabama & Florida Panhandle

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Coastal Flood Watch

COASTAL FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
400 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-100300-
BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-MOBILE COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL-
SANTA ROSA COASTAL-
400 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

...TROPICAL STORM ARLENE APPROACHES THE GULF COAST THIS WEEKEND...
...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH ISSUED FOR LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH FOR
PEOPLE LIVING ALONG THE SHORES OF MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES IN
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES
IN THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

A STRONG EASTERLY WIND FLOW IS FORECAST TO IMPINGE ON THE COASTAL
SECTIONS LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AS TROPICAL STORM ARLENE MOVES TOWARD THE
NORTH NORTHWEST...THROUGH THE MIDDLE GULF. AS A RESULT OF THE STRONG
EASTERLY WIND FLOW...INCREASING WAVE ACTION SUGGESTS THE
POTENTIAL OF COASTAL EROSION. HIGH TIDES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 12 AND 2
PM SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE POTENTIAL OF TIDAL RISES TO 2
TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL INTO THE DAY SATURDAY.

THE EXTENSIVE EROSION CAUSED BY HURRICANE IVAN LAST YEAR REMAINS AND
THIS MAKES COASTAL AREAS...ESPECIALLY FROM GULF SHORES...EASTWARD
MUCH MORE VULNERABLE TO COASTAL FLOODING. AS A RESULT...INCREASED
TIDE LEVELS COULD RESULT IN EXTENSIVE WASH-UP AND ADDITIONAL EROSION
ALONG AREA BEACHES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WEST END OF DAUPHIN ISLAND
AS WELL AS OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS ON THE WEST SIDE OF MOBILE BAY...
AND THE BEACHES FROM FORT MORGAN TO DESTIN.

A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MEANS COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE BY LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT. ALL PERSONS IN THE COASTAL AREAS OF ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT
PROPERTY FROM THE POTENTIAL OF COASTAL FLOODING. LISTEN TO LOCAL
RADIO...TELEVISION...AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION ON TROPICAL STORM ARLENE.

10/13
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