Coastal Flood Advisory issued January 12 at 4:30AM AKST until January 14 at 3:00AM AKST by NWS Anchorage AK

* WHAT…Water levels up to 4 feet above the normal highest tide
line.

* WHERE…Kuskokwim Delta Coast, including Kipnuk and
Kwigillingok.

* WHEN..The highest water levels will coincide with high tide
Saturday, Sunday and Monday evenings.

* IMPACTS…Water could push up through gaps in the ice and
cause localized flooding for communities along the coast,
particularly between Kipnuk and Kwigillingok. Strong onshore
winds could also push pieces of sea ice up onto the shoreline.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…Easterly winds diminish today and then turn
westerly during high tide late Sunday evening, posing the
greatest threat for flooding impacts. Winds weaken but remain
westerly for high tide Monday evening.

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