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WHUS42 KTAE 281024
CFWTAE

COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
617 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2005

FLZ015-282000-
FRANKLIN FL-

...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT MONDAY...
...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE IS DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE
TODAY AND MONDAY MORNINGS...

LARGE AND DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA OVER THE CENTRAL GULF OF
MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE LARGE SWELLS...RESULTING IN
DANGEROUS SURF ALONG THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST THROUGH
MONDAY. 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 HAD BEACH EROSION FROM HURRICANE DENNIS JUST A
MONTH AGO WILL BE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO EVEN MORE 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 TODAY AND 1037 AM MONDAY.

ST GEORGE ISLAND...829 AM TODAY AND 942 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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