Active Advisories:    Coastal Flood Watch
  • Currently

    Reported at Pease Air Force Base / Portsmouth, NH
    7:27 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2012
  • 50°F10°C
  • Showers
    Showers
  • Feels Like:50°F10°CDew Point:48°F9°CHumidity:94% Winds:NE 23 mph G 3037 kph G 48
    Pressure:29.65 in1004 hPaVisibility:3.00 miles4827.00 meters

Coastal Flood Watch

319 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2012

...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* LOCATION...COASTAL MAINE FROM PENOBSCOT BAY AND POINTS SOUTH 
AND WEST TO KITTERY AS WELL AS THE SEACOAST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. 

* COASTAL FLOODING...COASTAL FLOODING EXPECTED NEAR THE TIME OF
HIGH TIDE.

* TIMING...10 PM TO 2 AM MONDAY NIGHT WITH...THE GREATEST IMPACT 
AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE WHICH IS 1143 PM. 

* IMPACTS...COASTAL FLOODING...SPLASH-OVER AND BEACH EROSION ARE 
EXPECTED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF A HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDE 
AND STORM SURGE. IN ADDITION...THE CURRENT RUNOFF FROM 
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY ALLOW FOR INCREASED FLOODING WITH THE 
INCOMING TIDES IN ESTUARIES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR
FLOODING ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. COASTAL RESIDENTS SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS...AND TAKE ACTION TO
PROTECT PROPERTY.

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