CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
204 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 7 AM EST (6 AM CST) THURSDAY FOR
THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY FROM ST GEORGE
ISLAND WESTWARD...

.THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT DEVELOPED IN THE GULF TUESDAY AND
TUESDAY NIGHT HAS MOVED INLAND. THE SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THIS LOW
WERE NOT QUITE AS STRONG AS FORECAST...SO THE FORECAST SURF AND TIDES
HAVE CONSEQUENTLY NOT BEEN AS HIGH AS PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. STILL...RATHER
HIGH SURF AND ABOVE NORMAL TIDES WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY
MORNING...CREATING FLOODING PROBLEMS IN VULNERABLE AREAS.


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COASTAL WALTON-BAY-GULF-
104 PM CST WED DEC 2 2009

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY...
...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...
...HIGH SURF WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH
SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY. THE
HIGH SURF WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY.

SURF HEIGHTS OF 4 TO 6 FEET HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT PANAMA
CITY BEACH...BUT SOME HIGHER SETS UP TO 8 FEET ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON. THE RUN UP FROM THIS SURF WILL CAUSE ABOVE NORMAL WATER
LEVELS...WITH TIDE LEVELS REACHING ABOUT 3 FEET AT THE TIME OF
HIGH TIDE TONIGHT.

AT ST ANDREW BAY...A HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 916 PM EST TONIGHT.

THE COMBINATION OF HIGH SURF AND ABOVE NORMAL TIDES WILL CAUSE
BEACH EROSION AND SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING ROADS. REPORTS FROM
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON INDICATE COASTAL FLOODING ALONG PORTIONS OF
US-98 IN PORT ST JOE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING BEACH EROSION AND RIP CURRENTS.

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE
AND PROPERTY.

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