High Surf Warning in effect until 6 AM PST Thursday
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY FOR THE NORTH OREGON COAST AND SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A HIGH SURF WARNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST THURSDAY FOR THE NORTH OREGON COAST AND SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS UPGRADED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY TO A HIGH SURF WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST THURSDAY.
* SEAS...SEAS JUST OFF THE COAST WILL RISE TO AROUND 32 FT THIS EVENING. SEAS WILL FALL BACK BELOW 20 FT THURSDAY.
* TIDES...HIGH TIDES NEAR THE HIGHEST OF THE MONTH WILL COMBINE WITH A LARGE TIDAL ANOMALY...MODERATE STORM SURGE...AND RIVER FLOWS TO PRODUCE HIGH TIDES ABOUT 2 TO 3 FEET HIGHER THAN THEY OTHERWISE WOULD BE. PROBLEMS ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR DURING TONIGHTS HIGH TIDE...BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM.
* RIVER FLOWS...RIVERS WILL BE RISING THROUGH TONIGHT AND MAY CONTRIBUTE TO COASTAL FLOODING IN HIGHLY PRONE AREAS SUCH AS WILLAPA BAY NEAR RAYMOND AND ALONG HIGHWAY 101 JUST SOUTH OF SEASIDE.
* IMPACTS...LOW-LYING AREAS NEAR BAYS AND SLOUGHS...HIGHWAY 101...AND THE LOWER REACHES OF COASTAL RIVERS MAY SEE SOME FLOODING FROM THE HIGH TIDES. DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON THE BEACHES WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME BEACH EROSION. THOSE OPTING TO WATCH THE WAVES ARE URGED TO DO SO IN A SAFE LOCATION WELL AWAY FROM THE WATER.
* AFFECTED AREAS: NORTH OREGON COAST
Instructions:
A HIGH SURF WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY HIGH SURF WILL BATTER BEACHES IN THE WARNING AREA...PRODUCING DEADLY RIP CURRENTS AND MINOR BEACH EROSION. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
Address/Location
Tillamook County Emergency Management
201 Laurel Ave
Tillamook, OR 97141
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 503-842-3412
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Moderate - Possible threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- High Surf Warning