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CFWEKA
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
156 PM PDT SUN MAR 8 2009
...NORTHWEST SWELL TO HIT THE COAST TONIGHT...
.A STORM SYSTEM WEST OF THE WASHINGTON COAST HAS GENERATED
A LARGE SWELL. THE NORTHWEST SWELL WILL SPREAD INTO NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA WATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.
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REDWOOD COAST-
156 PM PDT SUN MAR 8 2009
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
PDT MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PDT
MONDAY. 
NORTHWEST SWELL WILL BUILD TO 15 TO 17 FEET...WITH PERIODS OF
14 TO 17 SECONDS THIS EVENING. SWELL OF THIS MAGNITUDE HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO CREATE DANGEROUS SURF...WITH BREAKER HEIGHTS OF
22 TO 25 FT.
MARINERS TRAVERSING BAY AND HARBOR ENTRANCES ARE URGED TO 
EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH
EROSION.
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