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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
324 AM EST WED FEB 18 2009

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST THIS MORNING TO 9 PM
CST THIS EVENING FOR WALTON AND BAY COUNTIES...

.A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT
FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN INCREASING ONSHORE WINDS ACROSS THE
COASTAL WATERS TODAY. THESE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OVER WESTERN
PORTIONS OF THE MARINE AREA...WHICH WILL LEAD TO BUILDING SURF
ACROSS THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. AT THE BAY AND WALTON
COUNTY BEACHES...BREAKERS OF 2 TO 4 FEET OVERNIGHT WILL BUILD TO 4
TO 5 FEET LATER THIS MORNING...WITH A FEW SETS OF 6 FEET POSSIBLE
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE SURF WILL THEN SLOWLY
SUBSIDE TONIGHT...WITH RESIDUAL SWELLS OF 2 TO 4 FEET STILL
EXPECTED EARLY THURSDAY.

THIS HIGH SURF WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TO ANYONE
ENTERING THE WATER...WITH SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION POSSIBLE NEAR
THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE AT ST ANDREW BAY (PANAMA CITY)
IS 345 PM CST). FURTHER TO THE EAST...THE SURF WILL BE LOWER OVER
SAINT JOSEPH PENINSULA...SAINT GEORGE AND DOG ISLANDS...WITH
BREAKERS OF 2 TO 4 FEET POSSIBLE LATER TODAY. HOWEVER...WITH THE
INCREASING WINDS...THE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL BE HIGH AT THESE
LOCATIONS AS WELL.


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COASTAL WALTON-BAY-
224 AM CST WED FEB 18 2009

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST THIS MORNING TO 9 PM
CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH
SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM
CST THIS EVENING. 

BREAKERS OF 2 TO 4 FEET WILL BUILD TO 3 TO 5 FEET THIS
MORNING...WITH A FEW SETS OF 6 FEET POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING. THE SURF WILL THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT...
WITH RESIDUAL SWELLS OF 2 TO 4 FEET STILL EXPECTED EARLY THURSDAY.
THIS HIGH SURF WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TO ANYONE
ENTERING THE WATER...WITH SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION POSSIBLE NEAR
THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.

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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