Coastal Flood Advisory issued January 16 at 3:34PM AKST until January 18 at 4:00PM AKST by NWS Anchorage AK

* WHAT…WATER LEVELS UP TO 4 FEET ABOVE THE NORMAL HIGHEST TIDE
LINE.

* WHERE…KUSKOKWIM DELTA COAST, ESPECIALLY KWIGILLINGOK AND
KONGIGANAK.

* WHEN…THE HIGHEST WATER LEVELS FROM THE FIRST STORM WILL
COINCIDE WITH HIGH TIDE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.
THE HIGHEST WATER LEVELS FROM THE SECOND STORM COULD ALSO
COINCIDE WITH HIGH TIDE FROM TOMORROW EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING.

* IMPACTS…IMPACTS COULD BE SIMILAR TO THOSE FROM THE RECENT
JANUARY 10 FLOOD EVENT. WATER COULD PUSH UP THROUGH GAPS IN
THE ICE AND CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING FOR COASTAL COMMUNITIES,
PARTICULARLY BETWEEN KIPNUK AND KWIGILLINGOK. STRONG ONSHORE
WINDS COULD ALSO PUSH PIECES OF SEA ICE UP ONTO THE SHORELINE.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AS TWO STORMS
MOVE INTO THE KUSKOKWIM DELTA FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. THE
FIRST STORM WILL BRING EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH
AS 40-50 MPH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.
CONFIDENCE IS MEDIUM TO HIGH THAT A SECOND STORM WILL MOVE IN
BETWEEN TOMORROW EVENING AND SATURDAY MORNING WITH SOUTH TO
SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 TO 50 MPH. WHILE THE
TIMING IS STILL UNCERTAIN, CONFIDENCE IS SLOWLY GROWING THAT
THIS SECOND STORM SURGE WILL ALSO COINCIDE WITH HIGH TIDE.