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WHUS42 KTAE 280019
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COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
757 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2005

FLZ008-012-014-015-280800-
BAY FL-COASTAL WALTON FL-FRANKLIN FL-GULF FL-


...A HEAVY SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT (400 PM EDT)
MONDAY AFTERNOON...
...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE IS DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE
SUNDAY AND MONDAY MORNINGS...

MAJOR HURRICANE KATRINA OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL 
CONTINUE TO GENERATE LARGE SWELLS...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SURF ALONG
THE PANHANDLE COAST THROUGH MONDAY. LARGE SWELL PERIODS FROM 10 TO 13
SECONDS CONTINUE TO BE REPORTED BY MOST OFFSHORE BUOYS OVER THE
EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. AS KATRINA MOVES SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTH
CENTRAL GULF COAST...LARGER WAVES WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE COASTLINE.
THESE LARGE WAVES WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS IN THE SURF ZONE.
IN ADDITION TO THE RIP CURRENTS...THE POUNDING SURF WILL CAUSE
ADDITIONAL BEACH EROSION. AREAS THAT SAW BEACH EROSION FROM HURRICANE
DENNIS JUST A MONTH AGO WILL BE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO BEACH
EROSION. IN ADDITION...MINOR TIDAL OVERWASH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS
THAT HAVE SEEN TOTAL EROSION OF THEIR PROTECTIVE DUNES DUE TO
HURRICANES DENNIS AND IVAN. TIMES OF HIGH TIDE FOR SELECTED LOCATIONS
ARE INCLUDED BELOW.

APALACHICOLA...924 AM SUNDAY AND 1037 AM MONDAY.

SAINT ANDREW BAY AT PANAMA CITY...458 AM SUNDAY AND 618 AM MONDAY.

EAST PASS AT DESTIN...528 AM SUNDAY AND 648 AM MONDAY.

PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS SHOULD NOT ENTER
THE SURF. LARGE BREAKERS CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE
TO BEING CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT. WAVES CRASHING ACROSS PIERS AND 
JETTIES COULD ALSO MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO STAND OR WALK.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES ON HURRICANE KATRINA.

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