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WHUS44 KLIX 270427
CFWLIX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1027 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011

...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING EXPECTED TONIGHT...

.HIGH SEASONAL TIDES WITH ASTRONOMICAL TIDE RANGES NEAR 3 FEET
ARE OCCURRING TONIGHT. STRONG ONSHORE FLOW IN ADVANCE OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT HAS AUGMENTED THE TIDES...RESULTING IN MINOR
INUNDATION OF THE LOWEST LYING ROADS OUTSIDE OF THE LEVEE
PROTECTION SYSTEMS NEAR THE COAST. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
THROUGH COASTAL SECTIONS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
WHICH WILL SHIFT THE WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST AND PUSH THE WATER
AWAY FROM THE COAST.

LAZ040-062-064-066>070-MSZ080-270900-
/O.CON.KLIX.CF.S.0004.000000T0000Z-111127T0900Z/
ST. TAMMANY-ORLEANS-UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE-
LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-
LOWER ST. BERNARD-HANCOCK-
1027 PM CST SAT NOV 26 2011

THE COMBINATION OF HIGH SEASONAL TIDES AND MODERATE TO STRONG
ONSHORE WINDS HAS PRODUCED ABOVE NORMAL TIDES TONIGHT. THIS
HAS RESULTED IN MINOR COASTAL INUNDATION OF LOW LYING AREAS OUTSIDE
OF HURRICANE PROTECTION LEVEES. HIGHEST TIDES ARE PREDICTED AROUND
MIDNIGHT. THE AFFECTED AREAS WILL BE THE LOWEST LYING...COASTAL
SHELL ROADS...AND COMMUNITY ROADS AND DITCHES NEAR THE COAST FROM
BAY ST LOUIS MISSISSIPPI TO PORT FOURCHON LOUISIANA.

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