UpNorthLive: Urgent water level warning
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1115 AM EDT WED MAY 11 2011
...SEICHE DEVELOPING ON WHITEFISH BAY AND SAULT LOCKS...
.STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING OVER 50 KNOTS HAS RESULTED IN A
SEICHE DEVELOPING ON WHITEFISH BAY AND AT THE SAULT LOCKS...WHERE
WATER LEVELS ARE RISING AND FALLING RAPIDLY DUE TO WATER BEING
PUSHED TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE BAY DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. THE
WATER THEN SLOSHES BACK TO THE EAST SIDE. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS THIS STANDING WAVE WILL DAMPEN OUT...BUT PERSONS ALONG THE
SHORE OF WHITEFISH BAY MAY EXPERIENCE WATER LEVEL CHANGES OF UP TO
2 FEET OVER A SHORT TIME PERIOD.
