000 WHUS42 KTAE 161018 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 518 AM EST WED JAN 16 2008 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND COAST FOR MINOR FLOODING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST FOR UNUSUALLY HIGH SURF... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE WESTERN GULF THIS MORNING AS IT MOVES QUICKLY NORTHEASTWARD. WINDS AND SEAS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TODAY AS THIS LOW APPROACHES THE FLORIDA BIG BEND COAST. WINDS WILL INITIALLY BE FROM AN EASTERLY DIRECTION...BUT WILL GRADUALLY BECOME ONSHORE AT 20 TO 30 MPH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE QUICKLY THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON AS THE LOW MOVES NORTHEAST...AWAY FROM THE AREA. BECAUSE THE STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL ONLY LAST 12 HOURS OR LESS...WIDESPREAD SERIOUS FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ARE STILL LIKELY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. THE STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE UNUSUALLY HIGH SURF ALONG THE COAST OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...FROM ST GEORGE ISLAND WESTWARD TO DESTIN. MINOR BEACH EROSION WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. THERE IS ALSO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON. FLZ018-027-028-034-162300- /O.UPG.KTAE.CF.A.0001.080116T1800Z-080117T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.CF.Y.0001.080116T1800Z-080117T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-DIXIE- 518 AM EST WED JAN 16 2008 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY. TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ARE EXPECTED LATE TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF STRONG ONSHORE WINDS DEVELOPS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS COULD CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF FLOOD-PRONE AREAS ALONG THE COAST. THE FOLLOWING ARE HIGH TIDES ALONG THE BIG BEND COAST... WEDNESDAY THURSDAY STEINHATCHEE (DEADMAN BAY) 717 PM 957 AM SUWANEE RIVER 721 PM 1001 AM SHELL POINT 713 PM 1029 AM THE COASTAL FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS ISSUED TUESDAY AFTERNOON IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...AS IT APPEARS THAT WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS UNLIKELY. $$ FLZ008-012-014-015-162300- /O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0001.080116T1800Z-080117T1800Z/ COASTAL WALTON-BAY-GULF-FRANKLIN- 518 AM EST WED JAN 16 2008 /418 AM CST WED JAN 16 2008/ ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY. STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...CAUSING A SHARP INCREASE IN WAVES ALONG THE COAST. THE SURF MAY REACH 4 TO 6 FEET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING...AND REMAIN THIS HIGH OVERNIGHT. THE SURF WILL DECREASE QUICKLY THURSDAY MORNING AS WINDS DECREASE AND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION...ESPECIALLY DURING HIGH TIDE. $$ FOURNIER