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Weather Alerts for Calvert Maryland   (MDZ018)

icn  COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY
CALVERT MARYLAND   (MDZ018)

Effective: Wed, Sep 7, 2016 08:43am EDT Severity: Minor
Updated: Wed, Sep 7, 2016 08:43am EDT Urgency: Expected
Expires: Thu, Sep 8, 2016 12:00am EDT Certainty: Likely

Areas Affected: Calvert; St. Marys
 
Alert:
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT...
* TIDAL ANOMALY...AROUND ONE AND A HALF FEET ABOVE NORMAL.
* TIMING...ONGOING WITH THE MORNING HIGH TIDE CYCLE AND THEN
AGAIN WITH HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING.
* EXPECTED IMPACTS...MINOR INUNDATION OF LOW LYING SHORELINE.
HERE ARE THE TIMES OF THE NEXT HIGH TIDES
FOR A FEW LOCATIONS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...
ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...
CHESAPEAKE BEACH...9:14 PM...
SOLOMONS ISLAND...7:18 PM...
POINT LOOKOUT...6:33 PM...
NOW ALONG THE POTOMAC RIVER...
COLTON POINT...7:39 PM...
PINEY POINT...7:03 PM...
&&
ALL TIDE HEIGHTS ARE RELATIVE TO MEAN LOWER LOW WATER.
TIME OF HIGH TOTAL TIDES ARE APPROXIMATE TO THE NEAREST HOUR.
STRAITS POINT MD
MINOR 2.7 FT, MODERATE 3.5 FT, MAJOR 5.0 FT
TOTAL    ASTRO
DAY/TIME     TIDE     TIDE   ANOMALY   FLOOD
/FT/     /FT/     /FT/   CATEGORY
----------  -------   ------- -------  --------
07/06 AM     3.1      1.4      1.7     MINOR
07/07 PM     3.2      1.6      1.6     MINOR
08/07 AM     2.5      1.4      1.1      NONE
08/08 PM     1.9      1.6      0.3      NONE
09/07 AM     1.5      1.3      0.2      NONE
09/08 PM     1.5      1.5      0.0      NONE
SOLOMONS ISLAND MD
MINOR 2.75 FT, MODERATE 4.0 FT, MAJOR 5.0 FT
TOTAL    ASTRO
DAY/TIME     TIDE     TIDE   ANOMALY   FLOOD
/FT/     /FT/     /FT/   CATEGORY
----------  -------   ------- -------  --------
07/06 AM     3.2      1.5      1.7     MINOR
07/07 PM     3.2      1.7      1.5     MINOR
08/06 AM     2.8      1.5      1.3     MINOR
08/07 PM     2.1      1.7      0.4      NONE
09/07 AM     1.6      1.4      0.2      NONE
09/07 PM     1.6      1.6      0.0      NONE
NORTH BEACH MD
MINOR 2.7 FT, MODERATE 4.0 FT, MAJOR 5.0 FT
TOTAL    ASTRO
DAY/TIME     TIDE     TIDE   ANOMALY   FLOOD
/FT/     /FT/     /FT/   CATEGORY
----------  -------   ------- -------  --------
07/07 AM     3.0      1.2      1.8     MINOR
07/08 PM     3.1      1.5      1.6     MINOR
08/07 AM     2.3      1.1      1.2      NONE
08/09 PM     2.0      1.5      0.5      NONE
09/09 AM     1.2      1.1      0.1      NONE
09/10 PM     1.6      1.5      0.1      NONE
Instructions:
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.