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WWPQ80 PGUM 100410
SPSPQ 

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TIYAN GU
210 PM CHST FRI FEB 10 2012

PMZ181-110530-
MAJURO-
210 PM CHST FRI FEB 10 2012

...A HIGH SURF WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST-FACING REEFS...
...COASTAL INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT...

DANGEROUS SURF ON THE EASTERN REEFS OF MAJURO AND OTHER ATOLLS OF 
THE MARSHALL ISLANDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. WAVE WATCH MODEL OUTPUT 
INDICATES SURF OF 13 TO 15 FEET WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...SUBSIDING TO 
12 TO 14 FEET ON SATURDAY...AND 11 TO 13 FEET ON SUNDAY.

HIGH SURF CONDITIONS WILL COINCIDE WITH KING TIDE WATER LEVELS...AN 
ONGOING WEAK TO MODERATE LA NINA AND UNUSUALLY STRONG TRADE WINDS. 
EASTERN FACING SHORELINES AND LOW-LYING LAGOON-SIDE AREAS OF MAJURO 
AND ALL ATOLLS OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS ARE VULNERABLE TO WAVE 
INUNDATION AND COASTAL EROSION DURING THIS TIME. FLOODING AND DEBRIS 
CAN BE EXPECTED ON SOME ROADS...ALONG WITH INUNDATION OF LOW LYING 
COASTAL PROPERTY AND FLOODING IN SOME NEAR-COASTAL HOUSES. COASTAL 
INUNDATION OF UP TO 3 FEET IS POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE SHOULD AVOID INTER-ISLAND TRAVEL IN SMALL BOATS IN THE 
MARSHALL ISLANDS UNTIL THE WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. ALL PEOPLE IN THE 
MARSHALL ISLANDS SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR ANY LATER STATEMENTS FROM 
LOCAL OFFICIALS AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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MIDDLEBROOKE