000 WHUS42 KTAE 092117 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 417 PM EST THU MAR 9 2006 FLZ018-027-028-034-101100- /O.CON.KTAE.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060310T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-DIXIE- 417 PM EST THU MAR 9 2006 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY FOR JEFFERSON...WAKULLA...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 STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON...HELPING TO INCREASE ONSHORE WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE GULF OF MEXICO TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS HAS AND WILL CAUSE TIDES TO BE ABOUT 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF HIGH TIDES FOR A FEW LOCATIONS ALONG THE AFFECTED COAST. SAINT MARKS...........1048 PM TONIGHT...1245 PM FRI...1149 PM FRI NIGHT STEINHATCHEE RIVER....1007 PM TONIGHT...1249 PM FRI...1120 PM FRI NIGHT SUWANNEE RIVER.........956 PM TONIGHT...1238 PM FRI...1109 PM FRI NIGHT A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO POSSIBLY GENERATE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. $$ FLZ008-012-014-015-101100- /O.CON.KTAE.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060310T1800Z/ COASTAL WALTON-BAY-GULF-FRANKLIN- 317 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006 /417 PM EST THU MAR 9 2006/ ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /12 PM CST/ FRIDAY FOR WALTON...BAY...GULF...AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /12 PM CST/ FRIDAY. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON...HELPING TO INCREASE ONSHORE WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE GULF OF MEXICO TODAY AND TONIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE THE WAVES TO INCREASE...REACHING 5 TO 7 FEET THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH...IT IS WELL ABOVE NORMAL AND PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE BEACHES MAY BE MORE PRONE TO EROSION THAN USUAL DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE EROSION CAUSED BY THE RECENT HURRICANES. TIDES WILL ALSO BE UP TO A FOOT ABOVE NORMAL TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. $$ MCNATT