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Coastal Flood Advisory for Liberty County, Georgia
Coastal Flood Advisory issued May 04 at 4:13PM EDT until May 04 at 7:00PM EDT by NWS
Effective: Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 4:13 p.m.
Expires: Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 7 p.m.
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
* COASTAL FLOODING...TIDE LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO AROUND
9.2 FEET MEAN LOWER LOW WATER AT FORT PULASKI. THIS WILL RESULT
IN SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH COASTAL
GEORGIA AROUND HIGH TIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TIDE WILL
OCCUR AROUND 443 PM AT THE SAVANNAH RIVER ENTRANCE.
* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH.
* SURF HEIGHT...BREAKERS OF 4 TO 7 FT WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY
WITH THE HIGHEST SURF OCCURRING ON EAST AND NORTHEAST FACING
BEACHES.
* IMPACTS...STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL DELIVER LARGE BREAKING WAVES
ALONG THE COAST...ENHANCING THE RISK FOR BEACH EROSION AROUND
TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AND MAKING CONDITIONS TREACHEROUS FOR THOSE
IN THE WATER. A STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENT CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG
WITH TIDAL DEPARTURES 1 TO 2 FT ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS.
ADDITIONALLY...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS IN EFFECT TODAY.