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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
314 PM EDT WED OCT 16 2013
NCZ107-170200-
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INLAND NEW HANOVER-
314 PM EDT WED OCT 16 2013
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TO 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR THE LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TO 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING.
* LOCATION...LOWER CAPE FEAR RIVER INCLUDING DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON.
* COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED AS THE
CAPE FEAR RIVER RISES TO NEAR 5.9 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW
WATER AT THE DOWNTOWN RIVER GAUGE. THIS IS SIMILAR TO LEVELS
REACHED DURING THE LAST TWO HIGH TIDES.
* TIMING...HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AROUND 830 PM.
* IMPACTS...SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER WILL COVER PORTIONS OF
BATTLESHIP ROAD AND THE LOWER PORTIONS OF THE U.S.S. NORTH
CAROLINA BATTLESHIP MEMORIAL PARKING LOT. WATER MAY ALSO BEGIN
TO SPREAD OUT OF THE STORM DRAINS ONTO PORTIONS OF WATER STREET
IN DOWNTOWN WILMINGTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL
COMBINE TO GENERATE SOME FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
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