High Surf Warning 2, NWS Seattle, WA

521 
WHUS46 KSEW 180940
CFWSEW

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
140 AM PST SAT FEB 18 2012

...POWERFUL WAVES WILL REACH THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON
COAST TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING...

WAZ516-517-182000-
/O.EXT.KSEW.SU.W.0002.120218T0940Z-120219T0600Z/
NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
140 AM PST SAT FEB 18 2012

...HIGH SURF WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING...

* SWELLS...A POWERFUL WESTERLY SWELL WILL REACH HEIGHTS OF 23 TO
  28 FEET TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE SUBSIDING LATE THIS
  EVENING. SWELL ON COASTAL BUOYS HAD ALREADY REACHED 20 TO 24
  FEET EARLY THIS MORNING.

* TIMING...THE LARGEST WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE COAST
  DURING THE MID TO LATE THIS MORNING.

* TIME OF HIGH TIDE...WILL OCCUR AT 918 AM PST TODAY AT LA PUSH
  AND 1001 AM PST AT ABERDEEN. THE LARGEST WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO
  ARRIVE AROUND MID TO LATE MORNING...CLOSE TO THE TIMES OF HIGH
  TIDE.

* PREDICTED TIDE...8.51 FEET AT LA PUSH AND 10.31 FEET AT ABERDEEN
  THIS MORNING.

* IMPACTS...POWERFUL...BREAKING WAVES WILL MAKE IT VERY DANGEROUS
  TO FISH OR OBSERVE WAVES FROM ROCKS...JETTIES...OR BREAKWATERS.
  UNWARY BEACH WALKERS CAN EASILY BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD AS WAVES
  SUDDENLY RACE FARTHER UP THE BEACH THAN NORMAL. THIS IS
  ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS TODAY SINCE THE LARGEST WAVES WILL BE
  REACHING THE COAST NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. MINOR SALTWATER
  FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN LOW- LYING BEACHFRONT COMMUNITIES. THOSE
  PLANNING TO GO CLAMMING THIS WEEKEND SHOULD BEWARE OF THE
  DANGEROUS WAVES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY HIGH SURF WILL BATTER
BEACHES IN THE WARNED AREA...PRODUCING DEADLY RIP CURRENTS AND
SOME BEACH EROSION.

THESE WAVES ARE POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP UNWARY BEACH WALKERS OUT
TO SEA. PEOPLE CAN BE SERIOUSLY INJURED BY DEBRIS...SUCH AS
LOGS...TOSSED ABOUT IN THE WAVES.

&&

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399 
WHUS46 KSEW 181941
CFWSEW

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1141 AM PST SAT FEB 18 2012

...POWERFUL WAVES REACHING THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST
TODAY WILL SUBSIDE THROUGH THIS EVENING...

WAZ516-517-190600-
/O.CON.KSEW.SU.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120219T0600Z/
NORTH COAST-CENTRAL COAST-
1141 AM PST SAT FEB 18 2012

...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

* SWELLS...WESTERLY SWELL OF 23 TO 26 FEET ARE IMPACTING THE NORTH
  AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST TODAY. THE SWELL IS LIKELY PEAKING
  AT MIDDAY AND WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE BELOW 20 FEET BY LATER THIS
  EVENING.

* TIMING...THE LARGEST WAVES ARE OCCURRING AT MIDDAY AND ARE
  EXPECTED TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

* TIME OF HIGH TIDE...WILL OCCUR AT 1048 PM PST AT LA PUSH.
  WESTERLY SWELL SHOULD RUN BELOW 20 FEET BY THIS TIME.

* PREDICTED TIDE...7.47 FEET AT LA PUSH.

* IMPACTS...POWERFUL...BREAKING WAVES WILL MAKE IT VERY 
  DANGEROUS TO FISH OR OBSERVE WAVES FROM ROCKS...JETTIES...OR 
  BREAKWATERS. UNWARY BEACH WALKERS CAN EASILY BE CAUGHT OFF 
  GUARD AS WAVES SUDDENLY RACE FARTHER UP THE BEACH THAN NORMAL. 
  THIS IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS TODAY SINCE THE LARGEST WAVES 
  WILL BE REACHING THE COAST NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. MINOR 
  SALTWATER FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN LOW- LYING BEACHFRONT 
  COMMUNITIES. THOSE PLANNING TO GO CLAMMING THIS WEEKEND SHOULD 
  BEWARE OF THE DANGEROUS WAVES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY HIGH SURF WILL BATTER
BEACHES IN THE WARNED AREA...PRODUCING DEADLY RIP CURRENTS AND
SOME BEACH EROSION.

THESE WAVES ARE POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP UNWARY BEACH WALKERS OUT
TO SEA. PEOPLE CAN BE SERIOUSLY INJURED BY DEBRIS...SUCH AS
LOGS...TOSSED ABOUT IN THE WAVES.

&&

$$


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