000 WHUS42 KTAE 190205 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1005 PM EDT TUE MAR 18 2008 ...A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT /5 AM CDT/ THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND... ...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT /5 AM CDT/ THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FRANKLIN COUNTY COASTS... .STRONG SOUTH SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM WILL GRADUALLY TURN SOUTHERLY OVERNIGHT. THIS CONTINUED FETCH OF ONSHORE WINDS WILL DRIVE UP SURF HEIGHTS AS WELL AS CREATE HIGHER THAN NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL TIDES. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE MINOR BEACH EROSION AND OVERWASH OF LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST AREAS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. FLZ008-012-014-015-192115- /O.NEW.KTAE.CF.Y.0002.080319T0205Z-080320T1000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-080320T1000Z/ COASTAL WALTON-BAY-GULF-FRANKLIN- 1005 PM EDT TUE MAR 18 2008 /905 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008/ ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT /5 AM CDT/ THURSDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT /5 AM CDT/ THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT /5 AM CDT/ THURSDAY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT /5 AM CDT/ THURSDAY. STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE HIGH SURF CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES OF FRANKLIN COUNTY AND THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. SURF HEIGHTS OF FOUR TO SIX FEET CAN BE EXPECTED WITH AN OCCASIONAL SEVEN FOOT BREAKER POSSIBLE. TIDAL OVERWASH IN VULNERABLE AREAS...LIKE CAPE SAN BLAS AND SAINT GEORGE ISLAND...WILL BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. BELOW ARE SELECTED TIMES OF HIGH TIDE ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FRANKLIN COUNTY COASTS. NOTE THAT ALL TIMES OF HIGH TIDE ARE LOCAL DAYLIGHT TIME. DESTIN...931 PM TUESDAY...1040 PM WEDNESDAY. PANAMA CITY BEACH...741 PM TUESDAY...850 PM WEDNESDAY. PORT SAINT JOE...934 PM TUESDAY...1034 PM WEDNESDAY. SAINT GEORGE ISLAND...141 AM WEDNESDAY...324 PM WEDNESDAY...244 AM THURSDAY. ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO RUN ONE TO TWO FEET ABOVE NORMAL BETWEEN DESTIN AND INDIAN PASS. TIDES APPROACHING THREE FEET ABOVE NORMAL WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRANKLIN COUNTY COAST...ESPECIALLY FROM CARABELLE EASTWARD TO THE OCHLOCKONNEE RIVER ENTRANCE. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. INDICATED SURF HEIGHTS ARE BASED ON THE FACE OR FRONT SIDE OF THE WAVES. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION. $$ FLZ018-027-028-034-192115- /O.NEW.KTAE.CF.Y.0002.080319T0205Z-080320T1000Z/ JEFFERSON-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-DIXIE- 1005 PM EDT TUE MAR 18 2008 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT THURSDAY. STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES ALONG THE FLORIDA BIG BEND BEACHES. INITIALLY...WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST...PARALLELING THE TAYLOR AND DIXIE COUNTY COASTLINES. DURING THIS TIME...ONLY MINIMAL INCREASES IN TIDES WILL BE OBSERVED. WHEN WINDS SHIFT TO SOUTHERLY AND THEN SOUTHWESTERLY ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES WILL LIKELY BE EXPERIENCED. TIDES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO RUN ONE TO TWO FEET ABOVE NORMAL ALONG THE TAYLOR AND DIXIE COUNTY COASTS. ALONG THE WAKULLA AND JEFFERSON COUNTY COASTS...A LONGER DURATION OF ONSHORE WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO HIGHER ASTRONOMICAL TIDES...APPROACHING THREE FEET ABOVE NORMAL BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. TIDAL OVERWASH MAY OCCUR IN VULNERABLE AREAS...LIKE MASHES SANDS BEACH ROAD...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. BELOW ARE SELECTED TIMES OF HIGH TIDE ALONG THE BIG BEND COASTS. NOTE THAT ALL TIMES OF HIGH TIDE ARE EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME. OCHLOCKONEE BAY...153 AM WEDNESDAY...241 PM WEDNESDAY...238 AM THURSDAY. SAINT MARKS RIVER ENTRANCE...120 AM WEDNESDAY...208 PM WEDNESDAY...206 AM THURSDAY. STEINHATCHEE RIVER ENTRANCE...110 AM WEDNESDAY...211 PM WEDNESDAY...158 AM THURSDAY. SUWANNEE RIVER ENTRANCE...1259 AM WEDNESDAY...200 PM WEDNESDAY...147 AM THURSDAY. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE WATER LEVELS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION. $$ GODSEY