Weather Alert Detail

Coastal Flood Watch for North Coast Interior County, California
Coastal Flood Watch issued December 09 at 12:16PM PST until December 10 at 1:00PM PST by NWS
Effective: Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 12:16 p.m.
Expires: Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 1 p.m.
...LARGE SWELL TO IMPACT NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA BEACHES BRINGING
ENHANCED WAVE RUNUP...
...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
* COASTAL FLOODING...HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES COMBINED WITH A LARGE
SWELL IMPACTING THE NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COAST MAY RESULT IN
COASTAL FLOODING. WAVE RUNUP WILL BE GREATER THAN NORMAL WITH
BREAKER HEIGHTS BUILDING TO OVER 20 FEET NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH
TIDE. BREAKERS BETWEEN 25 AND 32 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
* TIMING...HIGH TIDE IS BETWEEN 9 AND 11 AM ALONG THE NORTHWEST
CALIFORNIA COAST. FLOODING MAY BEGIN AN HOUR BEFORE OR
CONTINUE FOR AN HOUR OR TWO AFTER HIGH TIDE.
* IMPACTS...LOW LYING AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING
INCLUDING...BUT NOT LIMITED TO...ROADWAYS IN KING SALMON AND
THE ARCATA BOTTOMS. WAVE RUNUP MAY CAUSE WATER TO WASH ONTO
SOME NEAR COASTAL ROADS AND PARKING LOTS.

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