WHUS41 KGYX 111343 CFWGYX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 843 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2009 ...MINOR TO MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR SUNDAY MORNING... .THE HIGHEST ASTRONOMICAL TIDES OF THE MONTH WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING...COINCIDING WITH THE PASSAGE OF A NOR'EASTER. THIS WILL RESULT IN MINOR TO MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE FROM PORTLAND MAINE TO PORTSMOUTH NEW HAMPSHIRE. ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE IN PORTLAND HARBOR IS 11.5 FEET AT 1037 AM. A STORM SURGE OF AROUND A FOOT OR SO WILL RESULT IN A STORM TIDE BETWEEN OF AROUND 12.5 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IN PORTLAND HARBOR IS 12 FEET. MINOR TO MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING AND SPLASHOVER WILL OCCUR IN SUSCEPTIBLE LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG SOME MARSH ROADS THIS MORNING. THERE WILL BE FLOODING OF COMMERCIAL STREET IN PORTLAND. NORTHEAST FACING BEACHES...ESPECIALLY IN YORK AND ROCKINGHAM COUNTIES WILL HAVE SPLASH-OVER NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. SOME OF THESE AREAS INCLUDE GOOCHES BEACH...MOTHERS BEACH...RYE BEACH...HAMPTON BEACH...CAMP ELLIS BEACH AND WELLS BEACH. MEZ025>028-111700- /O.EXB.KGYX.CF.W.0001.090111T1343Z-090111T1700Z/ SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- 843 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2009 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE IN PORTLAND HARBOR IS 11.5 FEET AT 1037 AM. A STORM SURGE OF AROUND A FOOT OR SO WILL RESULT IN A STORM TIDE BETWEEN OF AROUND 12.5 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IN PORTLAND HARBOR IS 12 FEET. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND SPLASHOVER WILL OCCUR IN SUSCEPTIBLE LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. $$ MEZ023-024-NHZ014-111700- /O.CON.KGYX.CF.W.0001.090111T1400Z-090111T1700Z/ COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- 843 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2009 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE IN PORTLAND HARBOR IS 11.5 FEET AT 1037 AM. A STORM SURGE OF AROUND A FOOT OR SO WILL RESULT IN A STORM TIDE BETWEEN OF AROUND 12.5 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IN PORTLAND HARBOR IS 12 FEET. MINOR TO MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING AND SPLASHOVER WILL OCCUR IN SUSCEPTIBLE LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. $$ JC