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  • 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.