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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
435 PM PST THU NOV 7 2002

...A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH FOR THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST...NORTH OREGON 
COAST AND SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A COASTAL 
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL OREGON 
COAST...NORTH OREGON COAST AND SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST. LARGE OCEAN 
SWELL OF 35 TO 40 FEET AT BUOYS 300 MILES OFF THE OREGON AND 
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COAST WILL REACH THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OREGON 
COASTS AND THE SOUTH WASHINGTON COASTS AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. 
SWELL HEIGHTS ALONG THE COAST WHEN THESE LARGE SWELL REACH THE COAST 
WILL RANGE FROM 30 TO 35 FEET...WITH THE LARGEST SWELLS ON THE 
CENTRAL OREGON COAST. 

THE GREATEST RISK WILL BE NEAR HIGH TIDE TONIGHT...WHICH WILL OCCUR 
BETWEEN 3 AND 4 AM EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE MAIN IMPACTS EXPECTED 
ARE THE LIKELY FLOODING OF BEACHES...LOW LYING ROADS SUCH AS ALONG 
HIGHWAY 101 NEAR LINCOLN CITY...AND ANY OTHER LOW LYING EXPOSED 
AREAS. BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR.  

EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION ALONG BEACHES AND IN OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. 
UNPREDICTABLE AND DESTRUCTIVE WAVES MAY WASH OVER BEACHES...JETTIES 
AND OTHER STRUCTURES WITH NO WARNING. 

LARGE DEBRIS AND LOGS WILL BE TOSSED ONSHORE IN THE SURF ZONE BY 
THE LARGE WAVES. THIS DEBRIS CAN AND HAS REPEATEDLY IN THE PAST 
TRAPPED AND CAUSED THE DROWNING OF PEOPLE IN THE SURF ZONE.

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TOLLESON