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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
407 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST THURSDAY FOR
WALTON AND BAY COUNTIES...

.A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT
FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN STRONG ONSHORE WINDS ACROSS THE
COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL LEAD TO HIGH SURF
ACROSS THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. AT THE BAY AND WALTON
COUNTY BEACHES...BREAKERS OF OF 4 TO 5 FEET WILL CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT...WITH A FEW SETS OF 6 FEET POSSIBLE DURING THE
EVENING. THE SURF WILL THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE BY SUNRISE
THURSDAY...WITH RESIDUAL SWELLS OF 2 TO 4 FEET STILL EXPECTED
UNTIL MID MORNING.

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. 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-
307 PM CST WED FEB 18 2009

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST THURSDAY...

THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST THURSDAY. 

BREAKERS OF 4 TO 5 FEET OVERNIGHT WITH A FEW SETS OF 6 FEET ARE
POSSIBLE DURING THE EARLY EVENING. THE SURF WILL THEN SLOWLY
SUBSIDE BY SUNRISE THURSDAY...WITH RESIDUAL SWELLS OF 2 TO 4 FEET
STILL EXPECTED UNTIL MID MORNING. 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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