...LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
* WINDS...GUSTING 45 TO 55 MPH OUT OF THE NORTHWEST.
* WAVES...10 TO 15 FEET.
* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT DUNE AND BLUFF EROSION CONTINUING. LOW-
LYING AREAS AND PARKING LOTS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE LAKESHORE WILL
EXPERIENCE FLOODING. WATER WILL BE PUSHED BACK INTO CHANNELS AND
RIVER MOUTHS. THIS STORM WILL BE OF SHORT DURATION BUT CAUSE
SOME OF THE WORST IMPACTS SEEN IN MANY YEARS.
* DETAILS...AS OF 11 AM, SEVERAL PEAK GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH HAVE
BEEN REPORTED THIS MORNING BY WIND INSTRUMENTATION SITED AT THE
IMMEDIATE LAKESHORE, INCLUDING BIG SABLE POINT AND THE MUSKEGON
AND SOUTH HAVEN PIERS. THE BUOY AT PORT SHELDON WAS RECORDING
12 FOOT WAVES AS OF 11 AM, AND SOUTH HAVEN 11 FEET.
* TIMING...THE HEIGHT OF THIS RELATIVELY SHORT DURATION EVENT IN
TERMS OF LARGEST WAVES AND PEAK GUSTS IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR
AROUND 2-4 PM THIS AFTERNOON WITH ONLY A VERY GRADUALLY LOWERING
TREND THEREAFTER. THE LARGEST WAVE HEIGHTS NEAR 15 FEET ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR SOUTH OF GRAND HAVEN AROUND THAT TIME.
SIGNIFICANT DUNE, BEACH, AND BLUFF EROSION TO CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS EVENING, DIMINISHING SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS ON OR NEAR THE SHORE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. MUCH OF THE
LAKESHORE HAS ALREADY EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT EROSION FROM HIGH
WATER LEVELS AND WAVE ACTION, AND THE HIGH WAVES ON WEDNESDAY
WILL CONTINUE TO EAT AWAY AT PROPERTY ALONG THE COAST.
STAY AWAY FROM PIERS, BREAKWATER WALKWAYS, AND LAKESHORE PARKS TO
PREVENT BEING SWEPT INTO THE LAKE. AVOID FLOODED PARKING LOTS AND
ROADWAYS. WATCH FOR FALLING TREE LIMBS.
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