Coastal Flood Watch – Louisiana/Mississippi

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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
211 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008

…A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
COASTAL FLOODING LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY…

.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ABOUT 160 MILES SOUTH OF MOBILE ALABAMA
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE WEST ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COASTAL
WATERS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER PASSES LATE TONIGHT AND
MONDAY. THE LOW PRESSURE AREA HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP INTO A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION OR TROPICAL STORM. THIS WILL BUILD SEAS AND
PILE WATER UPON EAST AND SOUTH FACING SHORES OF COASTAL
MISSISSIPPI AND LOUISIANA GENERALLY EAST OF GRAND ISLE. TIDES ARE
EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL BY LATER TONIGHT
AND MAY INCREASE TO 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL BY ASTRONOMICAL HIGH
TIDE MONDAY.

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ST. TAMMANY-ORLEANS-UPPER ST. BERNARD-LOWER JEFFERSON-
LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-HANCOCK-
211 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008

…COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT…

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE…CENTERED ABOUT 160 MILES SOUTH OF MOBILE
ALABAMA…IS BEING MONITORED FOR SIGNS OF TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT AND
COULD BECOME A TROPICAL CYCLONE LATER TODAY. THIS LOW PRESSURE
AREA WILL MOVE WEST ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA…MAINLY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER PASSES…LATE
TONIGHT AND MONDAY. AS A RESULT…STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL BRING
AN INCREASE IN TIDES MAINLY ALONG EAST AND SOUTH FACING SHORES.
TIDES 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ARE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY
MORNING…AND TIDES 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ARE POSSIBLE BY
AFTERNOON ON MONDAY. THIS MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF COASTAL AREAS
OUTSIDE OF THE HURRICANE PROTECTION LEVEE SYSTEMS. NAVIGATION LOCK
OPERATIONS MAY BE AFFECTED DUE TO HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES.
ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE IN THE EARLY
AFTERNOON MONDAY.

A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR FLOODING
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. COASTAL RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS…AND TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT
PROPERTY.

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