Coastal Flood Watch for AL, FL

[baygirl_1]

This is not what folks on Dauphin Island, Gulf Shores, Pensacola Beach, etc. need right now. (Remnants of) IVAN GO AWAY!

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
331 PM CDT WED SEP 22 2004

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1100 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COASTAL COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES.

IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...ESCAMBIA COUNTY.

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COMBINED WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG EASTERLY WINDS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH THIS EVENING. AS THE LOW PRESSURE AREA DRIFTS FURTHER WESTWARD...EXPECT 20 TO 25 KNOT WINDS TO BECOME MORE SOUTHEASTERLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS COMBINED WITH ASTRONMICAL HIGH TIDES BETWEEN 5 AM AND 6 AM AT PENSACOLA AND DAUPHIN ISLAND RESPECTIVELY...COULD RESULT IN TIDES UP TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL IN THE WATCH AREA BY SUNRISE THURSDAY MORNING. THE EXTENSIVE EROSION CAUSED BY HURRICANE IVAN HAS MADE THESE COASTAL
AREAS EVEN MORE VULNERABLE TO COASTAL FLOODING. TIDE LEVELS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD RESULT IN EXTENSIVE WASH-UP AND ADDITIONAL EROSION ALONG AREA BEACHES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WEST END OF DAUPHIN ISLAND...FLOOD PRONE AREAS ON THE WEST SIDE OF MOBILE BAY...AND LOW AREAS FROM FORT MORGAN TO PENSACOLA.

[PurdueWx80]

Notice the message says coastal flood WATCH about a million times, yet your heading says warning. They are two VASTLY different things.

[PTrackerLA]

That's really bad news for them. The beaches down there are already flat as a pancake .

[HurryKane]

We're getting it in LA and MS, too:

COASTAL FLOOD WARNING STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 430 PM
CDT WED SEP 22 2004

... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL HANCOCK COUNTY... AND
COASTAL AREAS OF ST. BERNARD AND ORLEANS PARISH... AND GRAND ISLE. ... A
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAKES MAUREPAS AND
PONTCHARTRAIN... AND THE REMAINDER OF THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST WESTWARD
THROUGH TERREBONNE PARISH...

STRONG EASTERLY WINDS ARE RESULTING FROM INTERACTION OF HIGH PRESSURE SITUATED
OVER THE EASTERN U.S. AND A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF
OF MEXICO. TIDES ARE 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL IN THE WATCH AND WARNING AREA
WITH ASTRONOMICAL LOW TIDES OCCURRING DURING THE EARLY EVENING.
HANCOCK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL STREETS FLOODED THIS
MORNING DURING HIGH TIDE IN SHORELINE PARK... HERON BAY... JORDAN RIVER SHORES
AND PEARLINGTON COMMUNITIES. THE WATER IS RECEDING SOMEWHAT BUT WILL BE RISING
AGAIN LATER TONIGHT WITH THE ENSUING ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE. AS A RESULT... A
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT IN ANTICIPATION OF FLOODING IN
LOW LYING COASTAL AREAS TO ONSET AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING. TIDE LEVELS THURSDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE HIGHER THAN
THEY WERE WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION... THE LAKE BORGNE LOCKS AT BAYOU
BIENVENUE AND BAYOU DUPRE ARE CLOSED. THE ORLEANS PARISH LEVEE DISTRICT HAS
CLOSED MANY OF THE LOCKS ALONG THE INNER HARBOR NAVIGATION CANAL AND IN OTHER
PORTIONS OF THE CITY. FLOODING ALSO IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING ALONG HIGHWAY 1 IN GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA.

TIME OF HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER... 401 AM BARATARIA PASS GRAND ISLE...
551 AM RIGOLETS... 804 AM

ELSEWHERE IN THE COASTAL FLOOD WATCH AREA WATER LEVELS WERE BETWEEN ONE AND A
HALF AND TWO FEET ABOVE NORMAL OUTSIDE OF THE HURRICANE PROTECTION LEVEES.
FLOODING OF ACCESS ROADS IN LOW LYING COASTAL AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE HURRICANE
PROTECTION LEVEES CAN BE EXPECTED... PARTICULARLY LATER THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT.

ALL PERSONS IN THE COASTAL AREAS SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT PROPERTY FROM
COASTAL FLOODING. MARINERS AND RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD NOT NAVIGATE IN
INUNDATED AREAS DUE TO POTENTIAL HAZARDS TO WATERCRAFTS. STAY TUNED FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS RELATED TO THIS COASTAL FLOOD SITUATION.

[Aquawind]

Jeanne will probably bring some pretty nasty rip currents and erosion to the east coast of Fl - NC as well..landfall or not.. Probably a bad weekend to make beach plans..

[baygirl_1]

Oops! I'm sorry, y'all! I know the difference. Please excuse my typing mistake. I've changed it. Can I blame the error on these allergy medicines I'm on since Ivan stirred up everything?

[dixiebreeze]

No problem, Baygirl, we're all a little jittery about now -- Ivan again! Unbelievable!

[greeng13]

ivan is kinda like the "black knight" in monty python and the holy grail

[LAwxrgal]

ivan is kinda like the "black knight" in monty python and the holy grail