...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 11 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...INCLUDING TYBEE ISLAND...OSSABAW ISLAND...WASSAW ISLAND...SAINT CATHERINES ISLAND AND SAPELO ISLAND AS WELL AS COASTAL PORTIONS OF JASPER AND BEAUFORT COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA... INCLUDING HUNTING ISLAND...FRIPP ISLAND...HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND DAUFUSKIE ISLAND. * BREAKING WAVES...5 TO 7 FEET. * HIGH SURF IMPACTS...LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL BE DANGEROUS TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. THERE WILL ALSO BE BEACH EROSION AND STRONG...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * TIDE LEVELS...TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK BETWEEN 9.1 AND 9.3 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER AT FORT PULASKI AND 7.0 TO 7.3 FT MEAN LOWER LOW WATER IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR. THESE LEVELS TYPICALLY PRODUCE SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING. * TIDE TIMING...HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 854 AM EST AT FORT PULASKI AND 950 AM EST AT BEAUFORT. TIDE LEVELS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SHALLOW SALT WATER FLOODING WILL OCCUR 1 TO 2 HOURS BEFORE AND AFTER THE HIGH TIDE. * TIDE IMPACTS...INUNDATION OF SALTWATER IN AND NEAR LOW-LYING COASTAL AREAS COULD LEAD TO SOME ROAD CLOSURES DURING THE MORNING RUSH HOUR AND COULD PRODUCE FLOODING OF PROPERTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EVERYONE SHOULD REMAIN OUT OF THE WATER. MARINERS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION...ESPECIALLY NEAR INLETS...CUTS AND BAYS. SWELLS APPROACHING THESE AREAS CAN LEAD TO LARGE...DANGEROUS BREAKING WAVES. KEEP A CLEAR DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE OCEAN. STRUCTURES SUCH AS PIERS AND JETTIES WILL BE PARTICULARLY TREACHEROUS. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ROAD CLOSURES AND MINOR FLOODING OF PROPERTIES TUESDAY MORNING. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY... DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. && MC
Posted on: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 08:00:58 +0000
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