Lakeshore Flood Watch

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
427 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013

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427 PM EDT THU APR 11 2013

...LAKESHORE FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A LAKESHORE
FLOOD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT FRIDAY.

* LAKE SHORE FLOODING...THE WATER LEVEL ON THE WESTERN BASIN OF
  LAKE ERIE WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AND HAS REACHED 57 INCHES ABOVE
  RECENT AVERAGE LEVELS. WINDS FROM THE NORTHEAST AT 30 KNOTS WILL
  CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND THE WATER LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO
  CONTINUE TO RISE. THE WATER LEVEL COULD POSSIBLY RISE ABOVE 72
  INCHES AND COULD CAUSE FLOODING ALONG THE SHORES OF THE WESTERN
  BASIN OF LAKE ERIE. WAVES OF 7 TO 10 FEET ON TOP OF THE HIGH
  WATER WILL ALSO INCREASE THE RISK FOR FLOODING ALONG THE SHORE.

* TIMING...THE FLOODING COULD OCCUR ALONG THE LAKE SHORE EARLY
  THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE UNTIL APPROXIMATELY MIDNIGHT THIS
  EVENING. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST OF THE LAKE AND FORCE THE
  WINDS TO SHIFT TO A NORTHWEST DIRECTION. THIS SHOULD CAUSE THE
  WATER LEVELS TO DROP OVERNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...THE POSSIBILITY FOR COASTAL FLOODING EXISTS DUE TO THE
  HIGH WATER THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WAVES AND HIGH WATER COULD
  CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND DAMAGE TO DOCKAGE AND BOATS ALONG THE
  SHORE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKESHORE FLOOD WATCH MEANS LAKESHORE FLOODING WILL OCCUR IF
WEATHER DEVELOPS AS EXPECTED. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE
READY TO MOVE TO SAFE GROUND IF FLOODING OCCURS OR IF WARNINGS
ARE ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION...OR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO TO KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST SITUATION.

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