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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR

234 PM PST TUE DEC 12 2006

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NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-

234 PM PST TUE DEC 12 2006

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM PST

THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF

ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM PST

THURSDAY.

THE NEXT IN A SERIES OF POTENT STORMS OVER THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC

WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. AS WITH PAST STORMS...IT IS

GENERATING AN AREA OF HEAVY SWELL THAT WILL POUND THE COASTAL

AREAS LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...AND INTO THURSDAY.

CURRENTLY...SEAS OF 13 TO 15 FEET ARE ALONG THE COAST...BUT SEAS

WILL BUILD LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...WITH SEAS OF 19 TO 22

FEET EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. SWELL WILL SLOWLY BUILD TO 23 TO 25

FEET ON WEDNESDAY...AND HOLD AROUND 25 FEET INTO THURSDAY.

THE FINAL STORM...WHICH WILL BE THE STRONGEST OF THE SERIES...

WILL ARRIVE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS STORM WILL BRING STORM

FORCE WINDS TO THE COASTAL WATERS...WITH BUILDING SEAS. SEAS OF

NEAR 35 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO PUMMEL THE COASTAL SURF ZONE LATE

THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.

HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN

THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH

EROSION. COASTAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO THE BEACH NEED TO

EXERCISE CAUTION AND REMAIN ALERT FOR LOGS AND OTHER DEBRIS

THROWN ONTO BEACHES BY HIGH SURF. WALKING ON JETTIES WILL BE

EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS.

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