MINOR COASTAL FLOODING LIKELY WITH THE MORNING HIGH TIDE
Issue Date: 427 AM EST THU NOV 08 2012
Expiration: 800 AM EST THU NOV 08 2012
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY
THE CONTINUATION OF STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL YIELD ANOTHER ROUND OF MINOR COASTAL FLOODING THIS MORNING FOR THE EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS SHORELINE FROM SALISBURY SOUTHWARD TO NANTUCKET. EASTERN ESSEX MA-SUFFOLK MA- 427 AM EST THU NOV 8 2012
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING FROM BOSTON NORTHWARD TO SALISBURY.
COASTAL FLOODING WITH A 2 TO 3 FOOT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE…FROM 430 AM TO 730 AM.
SOME FURTHER BEACH EROSION AND SPLASH OVER IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR MINOR COASTAL FLOODING OF THE MOST VULNERABLE SHORE ROADS AND/OR BASEMENTS DUE TO THE HEIGHT OF STORM TIDE OR WAVE SPLASHOVER. THE MAJORITY OF ROADS REMAIN PASSABLE WITH ONLY ISOLATED CLOSURES.
THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO LIFE AND ANY IMPACT ON PROPERTY IS MINIMAL.