URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 1102 AM AST THU MAR 20 2008 ...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HIGH SURF AND COASTAL FLOODING TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AS THE VERY LARGE NORTHERLY SWELLS CONTINUE TO POUND THE NORTHERN FACING COASTS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS... COASTAL FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS ALONG THE NORTH COAST OF PUERTO RICO...INCLUDING THE SAN JUAN AREA...LOIZA...HATILLO AND THE BEACHES OF VEGA BAJA. COASTAL FLOODING WILL CONTINUE OCCURRING THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY...WITH TIMES OF INCREASED DANGER ALIGNING WITH THE HIGH TIDES. EXTREMELY HIGH SURF CONDITIONS OF 15 TO 25 FEET HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED ALONG THE COASTAL SECTIONS EXPOSED TO THE NORTHERN SWELLS. THIS COASTAL FLOODING IS THE GREATEST NON-TROPICAL CYCLONE RELATED SWELL EVENT EXPERIENCED IN THE LOCAL AREA SINCE THE PERFECT STORM OF 1991. RESIDENTS AND LOCAL INTERESTS SHOULD EXPECT MAJOR BEACH EROSION...AS WELL AS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO PIERS... BOARDWALKS AND STRUCTURES DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE COASTLINE. THE GREATEST RISK FOR COASTAL FLOODING AND MAJOR BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR NEAR TIMES OF HIGHS TIDES.
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