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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
220 AM CDT THU SEP 25 2008
...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT FOR GULF FACING LOCATIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
A LONG FETCH OF MODERATE EAST AND EAST NORTHEAST WINDS HAS CAUSED WATER
LEVELS TO RUN 1.5 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG THE
UPPER TEXAS COASTAL BEACH FRONT LOCATIONS...AND BETWEEN ONE HALF AND
1.5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL IN THE BAYS. ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WILL PERSIST
DURING THE REMAINING OVERNIGHT HOURS.
A STANDING ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE AROUND 2.6 FEET IS OCCURRING EARLY
THIS MORNING ALONG THE BEACHES. ADDING 1.5 TO 2 FEET TO THE ASTRONOMICAL
2.6 FEET TAKES THE TOTAL OBSERVED LEVELS CLOSE TO OR JUST OVER THE CRITICAL
4 FOOT MARK NEEDED FOR SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING.
TIDE LEVELS ARE LOWER OVER THE BAYS AND PROTECTED WATERWAYS AND COASTAL
FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED IN THOSE AREAS.
WATER LEVELS WILL RETREAT THIS MORNING AS ASTRONOMICAL TIDES DROP TOWARD
LOW TIDE THIS AFTERNOON.
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BRAZORIA-CHAMBERS-GALVESTON-
220 AM CDT THU SEP 25 2008
...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE ALONG GULF FACING LOCATIONS OF
SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
TOTAL OBSERVED WATER LEVELS BETWEEN 3.8 AND 4.3 FEET ARE EXPECTED EARLY
THIS MORNING ALONG BEACH FRONT LOCATIONS. WATER LEVELS EXCEEDING 4.0
FEET HAVE CAUSED COASTAL FLOODING IN THE PAST. CONSIDERABLE BEACH EROSION
CAUSED BY HURRICANE IKE HAS PROBABLY REDUCED MANY OF THE PROTECTIVE
SAND DUNES...SO THE THRESHOLD FOR FLOODING WILL LIKELY BE A LITTLE LESS
THAN 4.0 FEET.
FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED OVER THE BAYS AND PROTECTED WATERWAYS AS TIDE
LEVELS ARE LOWER IN THESE AREAS. WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP THIS
MORNING.
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