Coastal Flood Statement 2, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Nov 11, 2012, 6:09 PM CST (00:09 UTC)

Expired

Nov 12, 2012, 6:00 AM CST

In force

12 hr

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

083 
WHUS44 KMOB 120009
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
609 PM CST SUN NOV 11 2012

...MINOR WAVE RUNUP AND BEACH EROSION OCCURRING COINCIDENT WITH
ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE AT SOME LOCATIONS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF
ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA THIS EVENING...

.PARK RANGERS AT GULF ISLANDS NATIONAL SEASHORE HAVE INDICATED THAT
THE STRONG ONSHORE WINDS AND INCOMING ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES THIS
EVENING ARE RESULTING IN WAVE RUNUP ALONG THE COAST...CAUSING SOME
FLOODING ALONG FORT PICKENS ROAD. SIMILAR CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY
OCCUR ELSEWHERE ALONG VULNERABLE...LOW LYING SECTIONS OF THE
IMMEDIATE GULF BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH THE
HIGH TIDE CYCLE THIS EVENING.

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-120815-
/O.NEW.KMOB.CF.S.0002.121112T0009Z-121112T1200Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
609 PM CST SUN NOV 11 2012

...MINOR WAVE RUNUP AND BEACH EROSION OCCURRING COINCIDENT WITH
ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE AT SOME LOCATIONS ALONG THE GULF BEACHES OF
ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA THIS EVENING...

* IMPACTS...STRONG ONSHORE WINDS AND INCOMING ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES
  THIS EVENING ARE RESULTING IN WAVE RUNUP ALONG THE COAST...CAUSING
  SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION AND COASTAL FLOODING IN SOME VULNERABLE...
  LOW LYING AREAS. THESE LOCATIONS INCLUDE FORT PICKENS ROAD AT THE
  GULF ISLANDS NATIONAL SEASHORE AND LIKELY ALONG THE WEST END OF
  DAUPHIN ISLAND. HIGH TIDES ALONG THE COAST WILL GENERALLY OCCUR
  BETWEEN 6PM AND 8PM THIS EVENING...AND THE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING
  AND WAVE RUNUP WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS HIGH TIDE CYCLE. ANY
  FLOODING PROBLEMS ALONG THE COAST ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY LATE
  EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS ASTRONOMICAL TIDES FALL. LOW
  TIDES ACROSS THE REGION WILL OCCUR GENERALLY BETWEEN 5AM AND 7AM
  MONDAY.

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