000 WHUS42 KTAE 090950 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 450 AM EST THU MAR 9 2006 FLZ018-027-028-034-092200- /O.NEW.KTAE.CF.Y.0002.060309T1200Z-060310T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-DIXIE- 450 AM EST THU MAR 9 2006 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY FOR WAKULLA...JEFFERSON...TAYLOR...AND DIXIE COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY. A LARGE... STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON...HELPING TO INCREASE ONSHORE WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE GULF OF MEXICO TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE TIDES TO BE ABOUT 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF HIGH TIDES FOR A FEW LOCATIONS ALONG THE AFFECTED COAST... SAINT MARKS..........1229 PM TODAY...1048 PM TONIGHT...1245 PM FRIDAY STEINHATCHEE RIVER...1226 PM TODAY...1007 PM TONIGHT...1249 PM FRIDAY SUWANNEE RIVER.......1215 PM TODAY....956 PM TONIGHT...1238 PM FRIDAY A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO POSSIBLY GENERATE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. $$ FLZ008-012-014-015-092200- /O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0001.060309T1200Z-060310T1800Z/ COASTAL WALTON-BAY-GULF-FRANKLIN- 350 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006 /450 AM EST THU MAR 9 2006/ ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /12 PM CST/ FRIDAY FOR FRANKLIN...GULF...BAY...AND WALTON COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /12 PM CST/ FRIDAY. A LARGE...STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON...HELPING TO INCREASE ONSHORE WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE GULF OF MEXICO TODAY AND TONIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE THE WAVES TO INCREASE...REACHING 4 TO 6 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH...IT IS WELL ABOVE NORMAL AND PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE BEACHES MAY BE MORE PRONE TO EROSION THAN USUAL DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE EROSION CAUSED BY THE RECENT HURRICANES. TIDES WILL ALSO BE UP TO A FOOT ABOVE NORMAL THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. $$ FOURNIER