WHUS41 KGYX 100803 CFWGYX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 403 AM EDT SUN MAR 10 2013 ...MINOR SPLASHOVER IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE LATER THIS MORNING... .THE PORTLAND TIDE IS PREDICTED TO BE 10.5 FT AT 10:44 AM TODAY. STORM SURGE IS RUNNING ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF A FOOT EARLY THIS MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG BUT DISTANT AND DEPARTING OCEAN STORM. THE SURGE WILL CONTINUE BETWEEN 0.5 AND 0.75 FEET THROUGH THIS MORNING WHICH GIVES A HIGH TIDE BETWEEN 11.0 TO 11.25 FEET WHICH IS BELOW THE 12.0 FOOT TIDAL FLOOD STAGE AT PORTLAND. SEAS CONTINUE TO BE QUITE HIGH JUST OFF THE COAST...SO THE WAVES COULD LEAD TO MINOR SPLASHOVER AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE...THOUGH THE IMPACT WILL BE LESS THAN IT HAS BEEN OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS. MEZ023>028-NHZ014-101600- /O.NEW.KGYX.CF.S.0001.130310T1300Z-130310T1600Z/ COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX- COASTAL WALDO-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- 403 AM EDT SUN MAR 10 2013 ...MINOR SPLASHOVER IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE LATER THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...THE COAST OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE...MAINLY FROM PORTLAND TO NEW HAMPSHIRE. * COASTAL FLOODING...THE TIDE WILL STAY BELOW TIDAL FLOOD STAGE BUT HIGH WAVES MAY PRODUCE SPLASHOVER. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING...AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE WHICH IS 10:44 AM AT PORTLAND. * IMPACTS...MINOR SPLASHOVER IS POSSIBLE. $$