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WHUS42 KTAE 181506
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1106 AM EDT TUE MAR 18 2008

...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT/10 AM
CDT/ THIS MORNING UNTIL 6 AM EDT/5AM CDT/ THURSDAY MORNING ALONG
THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FRANKLIN COUNTY COASTS...

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COASTAL WALTON-BAY-GULF-FRANKLIN-
1106 AM EDT TUE MAR 18 2008 /1006 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008/

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT /5 AM CDT/
THURSDAY...

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WITH WIND GUSTS TO NEAR GALE FORCE ACROSS
THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE WEST. THE
SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK AROUND 9 TO 11 FEET OUT OF THE SOUTH
LATE TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH PERIODS RANGING
FROM 8 TO 10 SECONDS. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS SURF WITH
BREAKER HEIGHTS RANGING FROM 7 TO 9 FEET ON AVERAGE IN THE SURF
ZONE. THE SURF WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD TODAY...PEAK LATE TONIGHT
AND SLOWLY TREND DOWN INTO THURSDAY. OCCASIONAL HIGHER SETS AT
SELECT SPOTS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS TIME. THIS INCLUDES
THE BEACHES IN DESTIN...PANAMA CITY...MEXICO BEACH...CAPE SAN
BLAS...AND PORTIONS OF ST. GEORGE ISLAND. IN ADDITION TO THE
HAZARDOUS SURF...HIGH WAVE RUNUP WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED BEACH
EROSION.

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH
EROSION.

SURF HEIGHTS ARE FORECAST HEIGHTS OF THE FACE OR FRONT SIDE OF THE 
WAVES. THE SURF ZONE FORECAST IS BASED ON THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE 
HEIGHT IN THE ZONE OF MAXIMUM REFRACTION.

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GIBBS