- Coastal Flood Statement for Santa Barbara County Mountains County, California
- Coastal Flood Statement issued October 29 at 5:33AM PDT until October 29 at 1:00PM PDT by NWS
- Effective: Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 5:33 a.m.
- Expires: Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 1 p.m.
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL COAST THROUGH
FRIDAY...
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR SANTA BARBARA...VENTURA
AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
.HIGH SURF WILL CONTINUE ALONG CENTRAL COAST BEACHES THROUGH
FRIDAY. THE LARGE SURF WILL RESULT IN MINOR BEACH EROSION AND
FREQUENT AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS. WITH UNUSUALLY HIGH TIDES
COINCIDING...THERE WILL ALSO BE A RISK OF MINOR COASTAL FLOODING
DURING HIGH TIDE.
SOUTH OF POINT CONCEPTION...HIGH TIDES AND ELEVATED SURF WILL
BRING A RISK OF MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TO AREA BEACHES THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST RISK WILL OCCUR AROUND THE MORNING
HIGH TIDES...BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON...AND ON LOW-LYING AREAS NEAR
THE BEACH.
...ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES AND ELEVATED SURF THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...
* COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOWS ARE POSSIBLE FOR LOW-
LYING BEACH AREAS EACH MORNING AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE
THROUGH THIS MORNING.
* TIDES...ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES NEAR 7 FEET ARE PREDICTED FOR
AREA BEACHES DURING THE MORNING HOURS THROUGH TODAY.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS ALONG THE BEACH.
STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AT BEACHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT MEANS THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
MINOR AND SHALLOW FLOODING. COASTAL COMMUNITIES SHOULD TAKE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT VULNERABLE LOW-LYING AREAS FROM
OVERFLOWING SEA WATER IF IT IS SAFE TO DO SO DURING LOW TIDES.