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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
440 AM EST THU NOV 19 2009

NCZ097-100-101-SCZ034-046-191400-
PENDER-BRUNSWICK-NEW HANOVER-HORRY-GEORGETOWN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURGAW...SURF CITY...LELAND...
SHALLOTTE...WILMINGTON...WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...CONWAY...
MYRTLE BEACH...GEORGETOWN
440 AM EST THU NOV 19 2009


...HIGH WATER RUN UP EXPECTED ALONG AREA BEACHES MID MORNING WITH
HIGH TIDE...

INCREASING ASTRONOMICAL TIDES COMBINED WITH MODERATE ONSHORE WAVE
ENERGY...WILL LEAD TO HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER RUN-UP ALONG AREA
BEACHES BETWEEN 800 AM AND 1000 AM THIS MORNING...EITHER SIDE OF
HIGH TIDE WHICH OCCURS AROUND 900 AM.

ALTHOUGH SIGNIFICANT EROSION OR EXTENSIVE FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE
NOT EXPECTED...THE HIGH WATER RUN UP CAN LEAD TO A HAZARD FOR
BEACH GOERS...OR THOSE WITH INTERESTS IN LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE
BEACH.

THE FORCE OF WATER IS POWERFUL. AN UNEXPECTED SURGE OF WATER HIGH
ONTO THE SAND...CAN CLIP A PERSON OFF THEIR FEET INTO CHILLY WATERS
WITHIN SECONDS.

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MJC