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...MINOR TO MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING UNDERWAY... .THE COMBINATION OF PERSISTENT SOUTHEAST WINDS COMBINED WITH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE WILL CAUSE HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST AND INTO THE TIDAL LAKES THROUGH TONIGHT. ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WILL RESULT IN THE INUNDATION OF SOME LOW LYING AREAS AND COASTAL...LAKESHORE...AND BAYOU ACCESS ROADWAYS THAT NORMALLY EXPERIENCE COASTAL FLOODING FROM ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES. ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY...

* COASTAL FLOODING...GULF COASTAL AREAS FROM THE MOUTH OF THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO THE MOUTH OF THE PEARL RIVER...AND FROM PASS CHRISTIAN TO THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA STATE LINE ARE EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.

* TIMING...NOW THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING COASTAL ROADWAYS AND AREAS NORMALLY SUBJECT TO COASTAL FLOODING DURING ABNORMAL HIGH TIDES OUTSIDE PROTECTION LEVEES. AREAS THAT EXPERIENCE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL EXPERIENCE MORE SIGNIFICANT INUNDATION DUE TO IMPEDED DRAINAGE.

* AFFECTED AREAS: LOWER JEFFERSON ... LOWER LAFOURCHE ... LOWER PLAQUEMINES ... LOWER ST. BERNARD ... LOWER TERREBONNE ... ORLEANS ... ST. CHARLES ... ST. JAMES ... UPPER JEFFERSON ... UPPER PLAQUEMINES ... UPPER ST. BERNARD

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A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.