Coastal Flood Warning for Hou/Galv

[Houstonia]

COASTAL FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
430 PM CDT WED SEP 22 2004

...A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY FOR AREAS
FROM THE MOUTH OF THE SAN BERNARD SOUTHEAST OF SARGENT TO HIGH
ISLAND...

THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
BRAZORIA...GALVESTON...HARRIS AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES.

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE OR IMMINENT.
LAST NIGHT AND EARLIER THIS MORNING THE STRONG EASTERLY WINDS
INCREASED TIDES AND TIDE LEVELS OF UP TO 4.6 FEET OCCURRED.
STRONG EASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN
AFTER MIDNIGHT ALONG THE COAST AND THIS WILL CAUSE TIDES TO RISE
BACK UP TO 4.5 TO 5.0 FEET. PEOPLE LIVING IN COASTAL COMMUNITIES
SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED
AND SHOULD KNOW THEIR ESCAPE ROUTES IF THEY PASS THROUGH FLOOD
PRONE ROADS.

A PERSISTENT EASTERLY WIND HAS PUSHED UP TIDES ALONG THE COAST AND
THESE WINDS SHOULD RELAX THIS EVENING ONLY TO INCREASE AGAIN AFTER
MIDNIGHT. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE
LEVELS WILL PUSH TIDES BACK UP AGAIN AND SHOULD PRODUCE TIDE LEVELS OF
4.5 TO 5.0 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOW LOW WATER FROM AROUND MIDNIGHT THROUGH
AFTERNOON THURSDAY.

THE TIDE LEVELS MAY WELL BE HIGHER IF THE AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER
SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS BECOMES BETTER ORGANIZED AND MOVES INTO
THE UPPER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS.

LOCATION TIDE TIME PREDICTED LEVEL

FOR GALVESTON CHANNEL. LOW TIDE AT 5:42 PM.
HIGH TIDE AT 3:36 AM THU. 4.5 TO 5.0 FT
LOW TIDE AT 6:56 PM.

FOR CLEAR LAKE ENTRANCE. LOW TIDE AT 12:22 AM THU.
HIGH TIDE AT 9:41 AM. 4.5 TO 5.0 FT
LOW TIDE AT 1:36 AM FRI.

NOTE: WATER LEVELS ARE REFERENCED TO MEAN LOWER LOW WATER

REFERENCE LEVELS AND LOCAL EFFECTS ARE PROVIDED BELOW:

...AT 4.0 FEET...
GALVESTON AND BOLIVAR PENINSULA: WATER BEGINS COVERING THE LOWEST
WATERFRONT STREETS ON THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA...WESTERN GALVESTON ISLAND
AND THE JAMAICA BEACH AREA.

KEMAH AND SEABROOK: WATER BEGINS TO COVER PORTIONS OF TODDVILLE ROAD.
WATER APPROACHES LOWER PORTIONS OF RED BLUFF ROAD BETWEEN BAY AREA
BLVD AND HIGHWAY 146.

CHAMBERS COUNTY: PORTIONS OF WEST BAYSHORE RD BETWEEN ANAHUAC AND OAK
ISLAND BEGIN TO FLOOD. WATER ALSO APPROACHES HIGHWAY 124 BETWEEN
HIGH ISLAND AND FM 1985.

...AT 4.5 FEET...
GALVESTON AND BOLIVAR PENINSULA: PARTS OF HIGHWAY 87 BECOME
IMPASSABLE.

KEMAH AND SEABROOK: PARTS OF TODDVILLE ROAD CLOSED.

DICKINSON...ROADS NEAR GUM AND DICKINSON BAY BELOW THE GOLF COURSE
MAY FLOOD AND BECOME IMPASSABLE.

CHAMBERS COUNTY: FM 562 NORTHEAST OF SMITH POINT BEGINS FLOODING.

...AT 5.0 FEET...

BRAZORIA COUNTY...
SURFSIDE...WATER APPROACHES DUNES...PORTIONS OF FM 523 BETWEEN
HIGHWAY 332 AND FM 2004 BEGIN TO FLOOD. FM 2918 NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE
SAN BERNARD RIVER BEGINS TO FLOOD.

GALVESTON COUNTY...
FERRY SERVICE TO AND FROM BOLIVAR CEASES. MANY FEEDER ROADS NEAR THE
BAY BEGIN TO FLOOD BETWEEN HIGHWAY 6 AND I-45 AND HITCHCOCK.

WATER 3 FEET DEEP ALONG TODDVILLE ROAD. WATER MAY GET INTO HOMES
NEAR THE ROAD.

RESIDENTS SHOULD CONSIDER MOVING ANY PERSONAL PROPERTY AWAY FROM THE
WATERFRONT IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS.

$$

[GalvestonDuck]

My best friend and her hubby had to rescue their kayak from the canal after the water went above the dock. They lost the paddle...floated away somewhere. I'm going out there tonight and I'll have to take pics of the water levels and then get pics later when it's at normal levels.

[stormie_skies]

Yeah....figures....my neighbor told me that the water is a few feet from the driveway already

[HurricaneQueen]

GD:

It's a good thing you are a "duck" (and a Gator).

L

[GalvestonDuck]

LOL!