000 WHUS42 KTAE 162258 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 558 PM EST WED JAN 16 2008 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND COAST FOR MINOR FLOODING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST FOR UNUSUALLY HIGH SURF... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO WILL APPROACH THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE LATER TONIGHT. WINDS AHEAD OF THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE HAVE INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY THIS AFTERNOON. EVEN THOUGH THE PRIMARY WIND DIRECTION WILL REMAIN EASTERLY THROUGH EARLY EVENING...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTHERLY AS THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES CLOSER TO THE REGION. THIS WILL CAUSE HIGHER SURF TO IMPACT THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE LATER THIS EVENING AND THROUGH THE NIGHT. THIS PERSISTENT SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL ALSO HELP PILE WATER INTO THE FLORIDA BIG BEND COASTLINE LATER TONIGHT CREATING THE POSSIBILITY FOR SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING. FORTUNATELY...THE WINDOW OF HIGHER SURF AND WATER WILL BE OCCURRING NEAR THE TIME OF LOW TIDE...WHICH SHOULD MINIMIZE ANY COASTAL EROSION OR FLOODING EFFECTS. AT THIS TIME...TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO RUN 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ALONG THE FLORIDA BIG BEND COAST...ESPECIALLY FROM SAINT MARKS SOUTHEASTWARD TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER ENTRANCE. FLZ018-027-028-034-171800- /O.CON.KTAE.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080117T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-DIXIE- 558 PM EST WED JAN 16 2008 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CONTINUED THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY THAT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND COAST. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ARE EXPECTED TO CREATE TIDES 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. THE TIME OF STRONGEST SOUTHERLY WINDS IS EXPECTED TO COINCIDE WITH THE TIME OF LOW TIDE ALONG THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...WHICH SHOULD MINIMIZE ANY FLOODING IMPACTS. HERE ARE TIMES OF HIGH AND LOW TIDE AT SELECTED LOCATIONS ALONG THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... SUWANNEE RIVER ENTRANCE...HIGH TIDE 721 PM EST...LOW TIDE 321 AM EST...HIGH TIDE 1001 AM EST. STEINHATCHEE RIVER ENTRANCE...HIGH TIDE 717 PM EST...LOW TIDE 332 AM EST...LOW TIDE 1012 AM EST. SAINT MARKS RIVER ENTRANCE...HIGH TIDE 716 PM EST...LOW TIDE 324 AM EST...HIGH TIDE 1032 AM EST. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. $$ FLZ008-012-014-015-171800- /O.CON.KTAE.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080117T1800Z/ COASTAL WALTON-BAY-GULF-FRANKLIN- 558 PM EST WED JAN 16 2008 /458 PM CST WED JAN 16 2008/ ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /12 PM CST/ THURSDAY. EARLY THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING...EASTERLY WINDS PREVAIL ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. EVEN THOUGH ONSHORE WINDS ARE NOT PRESENT EARLY THIS EVENING...STRONG SOUTHERLY SWELL FORMING IN THE EAST CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO WILL BEGIN IMPACTING THE COAST BEFORE WINDS SHIFT TO SOUTHERLY LATER TONIGHT. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE GULF WATERS ADJACENT TO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE LATER TONIGHT AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH PRE-EXISTING SOUTHERLY SWELL TO CAUSE A SHARP INCREASE IN THE SURF ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES. THE SURF IS EXPECTED TO BUILD TO A HEIGHT OF 4 TO 6 FEET TONIGHT AND REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE SURF WILL DECREASE QUICKLY THURSDAY MORNING AS WINDS DECREASE AND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AS THE LOW MOVES EAST OF THE REGION. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION...ESPECIALLY DURING HIGH TIDE. $$ GODSEY