National Weather Service warns on unusual high tides in Port Townsend
Published 12:01 am Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Port Townsend and the Hood Canal area are included in this coastal flood advisory issued by the National Weather Service:
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
400 PM PST WED NOV 28 2012
WAZ001-503-504-506>511-291300-
/O.NEW.KSEW.CF.Y.0003.121129T1200Z-121130T1700Z/
SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-
WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-
TACOMA AREA-ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-
400 PM PST WED NOV 28 2012
…COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM THURSDAY TO 9 AM
PST FRIDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM THURSDAY TO 9 AM
PST FRIDAY.
* HAZARD…THE COMBINATION OF SEASONAL HIGH TIDES AND LOWER
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE INVOLVED WITH THE CURRENT SEQUENCE OF
PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEMS RAISES THE POTENTIAL OF MINOR TIDAL
OVERFLOW EACH MORNING THURSDAY…FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. WINDY
CONDITIONS AND WAVE ACTION MAY AGGRAVATE THESE CONDITIONS.
* IMPACTS…IMPACTS MAY INCLUDE WATER OVER LOW-LYING
ROADWAYS…SHORELINES…HARBORS AND POSSIBLY INTO ANY LOW-LYING
HOMES AND PROPERTY.
* TIME OF HIGH TIDE…FOR SEATTLE…HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 617 AM
THURSDAY…645 AM FRIDAY AND 716 AM SATURDAY. IN PORT
TOWNSEND…HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 608 AM THURSDAY…641 AM
FRIDAY AND 713 AM SATURDAY. FOR CHERRY POINT…HIGH TIDE WILL
OCCUR AT 659 AM THURSDAY…732 AM FRIDAY AND 806 AM SATURDAY.
* PREDICTED TIDE…FOR SEATTLE…11.8 FEET THURSDAY…11.9 FEET
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. FOR PORT TOWNSEND…9.1 FEET FOR
THURSDAY…FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. FOR CHERRY POINT…9.7 FEET FOR
THURSDAY…9.8 FEET FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
* EXPECTED TIDAL ANOMALY…TIDAL ANOMALIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE ONE
TO TWO FEET ABOVE EXPECTED HIGH TIDES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
PREPARE NOW FOR ANY THREAT OF WATER IN THESE LOW-LYING VULNERABLE
AREAS SUCH AS MOVING KEY PROPERTY ITEMS TO HIGHER GROUND.
