000 WHUS42 KTAE 151944 CFWTAE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 244 PM EST TUE JAN 15 2008 ...A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN WAKULLA... JEFFERSON...TAYLOR AND DIXIE COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN AND MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IF THE STORM DEVELOPS AS ANTICIPATED AND MOVES ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...LOCAL WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SOUTH AND THEN SOUTHWEST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO GALE FORCE LEVELS (40 KNOTS) WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST BETWEEN 6 AND 10 HOURS BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AND DECREASING. SOME OF THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES...WHICH WILL BE BETWEEN 700 PM AND 730 PM WEDNESDAY EVENING AND AGAIN BETWEEN 945 AM AND 1030 AM THURSDAY MORNING. WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AS MUCH AS 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL HIGH TIDE VALUES. AS A RESULT...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR. HIGH TIDES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY THURSDAY STEINHATCHEE (DEADMAN BAY) 717 PM 957 AM SUWANEE RIVER 721 PM 1001 AM SHELL POINT 713 PM 1029 AM FLZ018-027-028-034-161100- /O.NEW.KTAE.CF.A.0001.080116T1800Z-080117T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-DIXIE- 244 PM EST TUE JAN 15 2008 ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR FLOODING ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO SAFE GROUND IF FLOODING OCCURS OR IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO...TV...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. $$ BLOCK