THE COASTAL FLOOD WATCH FORMERLY IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON AND ORANGE COUNTIES AS WELL AS CAMERON PARISH HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS OF 8:00PM SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2009...

421 AM CST SUN NOV 8 2009

...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

EASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN GULF
TODAY...RESULTING IN TIDE LEVELS RUNNING ABOUT ONE TO ONE HALF
FEET ABOVE THE PREDICTED ASTRONOMICAL TIDES. THE ACTUAL TIDE
LEVELS WOULD REACH BETWEEN 3.5 TO POSSIBLY 4 FEET DURING THE HIGH
TIDE CYCLE LATER THIS EVENING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME MINOR
COASTAL FLOODING.

THIS COULD CAUSE PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 87 IN JEFFERSON COUNTY
BETWEEN SABINE PASS AND PORT ARTHUR TO HAVE SOME WATER ACROSS
IT... AS WELL AS SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW SPOTS ALONG HIGHWAY
82 BETWEEN JOHNSON BAYOU AND HOLLY BEACH IN CAMERON PARISH.

IN ADDITION...THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA HAS
RESULTED IN RIVER FLOODING ALONG THE SABINE AND CALCASIEU RIVERS.
ABOVE NORMAL TIDES ALONG THE COAST COULD SUSTAIN FLOODING ALONG
THE LOWER STRETCHES OF THESE RIVERS...MAINLY SOUTH OF THE
INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV...RADIO...NOAA ALL-HAZARDS RADIO OR THE
INTERNET FOR THE LATEST ON THIS POTENTIAL COASTAL FLOODING EVENT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
MINOR FLOODING TO DEVELOP. COASTAL RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

IN ADDITION....

241 PM CST SUN NOV 8 2009

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

FOR THE FOLLOWING TEXAS COUNTY: CHAMBERS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.
THE COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE NORTH
LEADING TO STRENGTHENING EASTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE UPPER TEXAS COAST.
THIS PERSISTENT EASTERLY FLOW HAS DEVELOPED A LARGE FETCH OF EASTERLY
SWELLS THAT WILL RUN UP THE BEACH CAUSING WIDESPREAD BEACH FLOODING.
THESE WINDS WILL SERVE TO FURTHER ELEVATE TIDES ACROSS THE AREA...
WHICH WERE ALREADY RUNNING ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF FOOT ABOVE
ASTRONOMICAL VALUES.

THE HIGHEST TIDE LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING HIGH TIDE
TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING WITH TIDE LEVELS BETWEEN 3.5 AND 4.8
FEET POSSIBLE. THE MAIN IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG THE
BOLIVAR PENINSULA AND THE WEST END OF GALVESTON ISLAND. WATER MAY AT
TIMES OVERSPREAD ROADWAYS NEAR THE BEACH...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 87 ON
THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA NEAR HIGH ISLAND...AND OTHER LOWER LYING
COASTAL ROADS LEADING TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

LOCATION HIGH TIDE TIMES EXPECTED WATER MAX

ROLLOVER PASS...
MON 4:01 AM. 2.2 FEET.

NOTE: TIDE LEVELS ARE REFERENCED FROM MEAN LOWER LOW WATER

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY. DO NOT VENTURE INTO THE WATER AS TIDAL CURRENTS MAY
BE VERY STRONG.