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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
600 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 1 AM CDT TONIGHT FOR
THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

.LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE SURF ZONE THROUGH THIS
EVENING. BREAKING WAVES OF 6 FEET WERE REPORTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AT ORANGE BEACH. BREAKING WAVES OF 6 TO 8 FEET WILL CONTINUE BEFORE
ABATING LATER TONIGHT AS WINDS BECOME WESTERLY IN ADVANCE OF A COLD
FRONT. THERE IS ALSO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES
THIS EVENING.

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LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
600 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY...

THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY. 

* WAVES AND SURF:BREAKING WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE RANGING FROM 6 TO 8
  FEET WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING:HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL AFFECT THE BEACHES
  THIS EVENING...CONDITIONS IMPROVING AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE WINDS
  BECOME WESTERLY. 

* IMPACTS:HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL MAKE WATER
  ACTIVITIES DANGEROUS FOR INEXPERIENCED OR WEAK SWIMMERS.
  REMEMBER...RIP CURRENTS CAN BE MORE INTENSE NEAR INLETS...JETTIES
  AND PIERS. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO THE BEACH
  AND YOU WILL EVENTUALLY SWIM OUT OF THE DANGEROUS OUTGOING CURRENT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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