000 WHUS42 KTAE 100844 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 344 AM EST FRI MAR 10 2006 FLZ018-027-028-034-102300- /O.EXT.KTAE.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060310T2300Z/ JEFFERSON-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-DIXIE- 344 AM EST FRI MAR 10 2006 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR WAKULLA...JEFFERSON...TAYLOR...AND DIXIE COUNTIES... THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATER TODAY...TIDES ARE STILL EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. AS OF 2 AM EST FRIDAY THE TIDE WAS ABOUT 1.5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL AT THE APALACHICOLA TIDE GAGE...AND ABOUT HALF A FOOT ABOVE NORMAL AT THE CEDAR KEY TIDE GAGE. TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE FLORIDA BIG BEND COAST...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AS WINDS AND SEAS GRADUALLY DIMINISH. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF HIGH TIDES FOR A FEW LOCATIONS ALONG THE AFFECTED COAST... SAINT MARKS...........1245 PM TODAY...1149 PM TONIGHT STEINHATCHEE RIVER....1249 PM TODAY...1120 PM TONIGHT SUWANNEE RIVER........1238 PM TODAY...1109 PM TONIGHT A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO POSSIBLY GENERATE LIMITED FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. $$ FLZ008-012-014-015-102300- /O.EXT.KTAE.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060310T2300Z/ COASTAL WALTON-BAY-GULF-FRANKLIN- 244 AM CST FRI MAR 10 2006 /344 AM EST FRI MAR 10 2006/ ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR FRANKLIN...GULF...BAY...AND WALTON COUNTIES... THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATER TODAY...THE SEAS WILL REMAIN UNUSUALLY HIGH. AS OF 1 AM CST FRIDAY THE SWELLS REPORTED AT THE GULF BUOY...115 NAUTICAL MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF PENSACOLA... WERE ABOUT 5 FEET. THIS WILL LIKELY TRANSLATE INTO 5 TO 7 FEET WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE TODAY. ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH... IT IS WELL ABOVE NORMAL AND PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE BEACHES MAY BE MORE PRONE TO EROSION THAN USUAL DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE EROSION CAUSED BY THE RECENT HURRICANES. TIDES WILL ALSO BE 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TODAY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. $$ FOURNIER