- Coastal Flood Watch for Riverside County Mountains County, California
- Coastal Flood Watch issued February 27 at 2:46AM PST until March 02 at 1:00AM PST by NWS
- Effective: Thursday, February 27, 2014 at 2:46 a.m.
- Expires: Sunday, March 2, 2014 at 1 a.m.
...STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO IMPACT THE BEACHES FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
...COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...
.A POWERFUL PACIFIC STORM WILL GENERATE LARGE...ROUGH SURF AND
STRONG RIP CURRENTS FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. SURF WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE FRIDAY MORNING AS A COLD
FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH SURF...HIGH
TIDES ABOVE 6.5 FEET...STRONG ONSHORE WINDS...AND RAINFALL RUN-
OFF WILL LIKELY RESULT IN WIDESPREAD MINOR COASTAL
FLOODING...WITH MORE VULNERABLE AREAS POSSIBLY EXPERIENCING MORE
SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING WHICH COULD RESULT IN PROPERTY AND
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ON FRIDAY. A LARGE WEST-SOUTHWEST SWELL
ARRIVING SATURDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY GENERATE SURF UP TO 15 FEET
ALONG THE BEACHES OF ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES. THIS WILL
CONTINUE THE THREAT OF MINOR TO POSSIBLY MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING
DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE FOR SATURDAY. SWELL AND SURF WILL
RAPIDLY SUBSIDE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...ENDING THE COASTAL FLOODING
THREAT.
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT.
* CHANGES SINCE LAST ISSUANCE...ISSUED COASTAL FLOOD WATCH. BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR HIGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS REMAINS
THE SAME.
* COASTAL FLOODING...WIDESPREAD MINOR COASTAL FLOODING EXPECTED
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. SOME MORE
VULNERABLE LOCATIONS MAY EXPERIENCE COASTAL FLOODING SIGNIFICANT
ENOUGH TO CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND INUNDATION OF LOW-LYING
BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES ALONG THE BEACHES.
* COASTAL FLOODING LOCATIONS...SEAL AND SUNSET
BEACHES...CARDIFF...IMPERIAL BEACH...LA JOLLA SHORES AND NEWPORT
BEACH ARE JUST SOME OF THE LOCATIONS THAT ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO
COASTAL FLOODING.
* COASTAL FLOODING TIMING...FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
COASTAL FLOODING MOST LIKELY DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.
* TIDES...MORNING HIGH TIDES OF 6.0 TO 6.7 FT BETWEEN 8 AND 930
AM...AND EVENING HIGH TIDES OF 5.5 TO 5.8 FEET BETWEEN 9 TO 10
PM. HIGHEST HIGH TIDES WILL OCCUR FRIDAY MORNING.
* SURF...3 TO 6 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 8 FEET FRIDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...BUILDING TO 8 TO 12 FEET WITH SETS TO 15 FEET
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SURF EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 6 TO
9 FEET SUNDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE TO LOWER THE REST OF THE
DAY.
* HIGH SURF TIMING...SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...COASTAL FLOODING COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO BEACH-FRONT
PROPERTY IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. LARGE AND ROUGH
SURF...ALONG WITH STRONG RIP CURRENTS...WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS FOR SWIMMERS AND SURFERS. SURF...LARGE TIDAL
SWINGS...AND PRECIPITATION MAY RESULT IN MODERATE TO SIGNIFICANT
BEACH EROSION.