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WHUS42 KTAE 281310
CFWTAE

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

FLZ015-018-027-028-034-282000-
DIXIE FL-FRANKLIN FL-JEFFERSON FL-TAYLOR FL-WAKULLA FL-

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

LARGE AND DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA...NOW A CATEGORY FIVE
HURRICANE...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.

CARRABELLE...800 AM TODAY AND 912 AM MONDAY.

SAINT MARKS RIVER...756 AM TODAY...1252 AM AND 1034 AM MONDAY 

SUWANEE RIVER ENTRANCE...837 AM TODAY...1216 AM AND 1003 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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38-GODSEY