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Coastal Flood Advisory

Effective: Jan 09 2013 05:56 PM PST

Expires: Jan 10 2013 02:00 AM PST

Warning:

Certainty: Likely

Urgency: Expected

Severity: Minor

...HIGH SURF AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDES TO AFFECT SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA BEACHES THROUGH SATURDAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE WATERS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND A BUILDING WEST TO NORTHWEST SWELL. AT THE SAME TIME...KING TIDES WILL BRING UNUSUALLY HIGH WATER LEVELS TO THE COASTLINE EACH MORNING THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...HIGHEST ON FRIDAY MORNING. DANGEROUS SURF...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS TIME PERIOD. ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM THURSDAY TO 11 AM PST SATURDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 2 AM PST SATURDAY... * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM THE SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST TO LOS ANGELES COUNTY...INCLUDING LOS ALAMITOS BAY WHICH HAS A HISTORY OF MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOWS WITH KING TIDES OF 7 FEET OR HIGHER. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED MAINLY IN THE VICINITY OF LOW-LYING BEACHES AND BEACH PARKING LOTS BEGINNING THURSDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUING EACH MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. APPROXIMATE HIGH TIDES WILL OCCUR THURSDAY...AROUND 720 AM AT 6.9 FEET...FRIDAY...AROUND 810 AM AT 7.0 FEET...AND SATURDAY...AROUND 900 AM AT 6.8 FEET. * SURF HEIGHT AND TIMING...SURF WILL BUILD FROM 2 TO 5 FEET IN THE MORNING TO 6 TO 8 FEET OR HIGHER BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE LARGEST SURF WILL BE ON WEST FACING BEACHES. VERY ROUGH CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO STRONG WINDS OVER THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. * IMPACTS...HIGH SURF CAN RESULT IN DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS...BEACH EROSION...AND SNEAKER WAVES. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH SURF AND HIGH TIDES MAY CAUSE COASTAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE BEACH.

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE COASTLINE. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION.

Locations Affected: Los Angeles County Coast including Downtown Los Angeles; Santa Barbara County South Coast; Ventura County Coast

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