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COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 945 PM CDT WED OCT 15 2008
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY...
EAST WINDS HAVE LESSENED BUT TIDE LEVELS IN LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN
...MAUREPAS...AND BORGNE REMAIN ABOUT 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. NO
ADDITIONAL VOLUME OF WATER IS EXPECTED BUT THE TIDAL LAKES WILL
STAY AT HIGHER THAN NORMAL LEVELS UNTIL A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS
THE AREA FRIDAY.
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE HIGHER WATER LEVELS AND MINOR FLOODING
OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. THE MAIN IMPACTS WILL BE LIMITED TO
INUNDATION OF COASTAL ACCESS ROADS AND A FEW MARINAS OUTSIDE THE
HURRICANE PROTECTION LEVEE SYSTEMS...LOCK OPERATIONS...AND MARINE
TRAFFIC AFFECTED BY TIDAL LEVELS.
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