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CFWAKQ
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1144 AM EST MON DEC 1 2008
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DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-
1144 AM EST MON DEC 1 2008
...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING POSSIBLE AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TODAY
THROUGH THIS EVENING...
PERSISTENT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AVERAGING BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL RESULT IN HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS ALONG THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...AND ITS TRIBUTARIES ON THE LOWER
MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE THROUGH THIS EVENING. TIDAL DEPARTURES AROUND
1.5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ARE EXPECTED AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE
LATE TONIGHT.
HIGH TIDE AT CAMBRIDGE IS 627 PM THIS EVENING. AT CRISFIELD...HIGH
TIDE IS AT 243 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE BAY...AS WELL AS ALONG CREEKS AND RIVERS
WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO MINOR FLOODING.
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