COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 853 AM PST WED DEC 10 2014 ...POTENT PACIFIC STORM TO BRING LARGE SURF TO NW WEATHER WARNING------WEATHER WARNING ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY... * WAVES AND SURF...BREAKING WAVES 19 TO 24 FEET ALONG WEST FACING BEACHES. * TIMING...LARGE SURF TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...LARGE BREAKING WAVES ALONG THE COAST WILL LEAD TO INCREASED WAVE RUN-UP ON BEACHES WITH WAVES TOPPING AND WASHING OVER LARGE ROCKS AND JETTIES. THESE LARGE WAVES CAN BE ERRATIC AND UNPREDICTABLE. USE EXTRA CAUTION NEAR THE SURF ZONE AS THESE LARGE WAVES WILL BE CAPABLE OF SWEEPING PEOPLE INTO THE FRIGID AND TURBULENT OCEAN WATERS. MARINERS TRAVERSING THE BAR ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION OR STAY IN PORT UNTIL THE THREAT SUBSIDES. UT PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED FROM TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THURSDAY... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH TODAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. GUSTS AROUND 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * HIGHWAYS IMPACTED...101...199...255. STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EUREKA/HAZARDS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. KLAMATH AND SMITH RIVERS WILL RISE, BUT WILL NOT REACH NEAR FLOOD STAGE BOTH EXPECTED TO REACH ACTION STAGE. PROJECTED 26.7 FEET FOR SMITH RIVER AND 30.6 FEET FOR KLAMATH. FLOOD STAGE IS 33 FEET FOR SMITH RIVER AND 38 FEET FOR KLAMATH RIVER
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 18:26:56 +0000
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