000 WHUS42 KTAE 011602 CFWTAE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1202 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2008 ...COASTAL FLOODING WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR WAKULLA...JEFFERSON...TAYLOR AND DIXIE COUNTIES... ...COASTAL FLOODING ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR BAY AND WALTON COUNTIES... FLZ014-015-020400- /O.NEW.KTAE.CF.W.0001.080901T1602Z-080902T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0007.080901T1602Z-080902T0400Z/ GULF-FRANKLIN- 1202 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2008 /1102 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008/ ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT FOR GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT FOR THE SAME COUNTIES. CONTINUED ONSHORE FLOW AND ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS WILL CREATE PERIODS OF COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS OF FRANKLIN AND GULF COUNTIES...INCLUDING CAPE SAN BLAS AND SAINT GEORGE ISLAND. THE HIGH TIDES THAT OCCURRED EARLIER THIS MORNING PRODUCED TIDE VALUES OF 5 TO 7 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER...WHICH AMOUNTS TO A 3 TO 4 FOOT STORM SURGE. WITH CURRENT TIDE GAGES CONTINUING TO INDICATE ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...ANOTHER ROUND OF COASTAL FLOODING SIMILAR...OR SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN WHAT OCCURRED THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS OF FRANKLIN AND GULF COUNTIES. BELOW ARE THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AT SELECTED LOCATIONS: APALACHICOLA...LOW TIDE AT 1141 AM EDT MONDAY. HIGH TIDE AT 543 PM EDT MONDAY. CARRABELLE...LOW TIDE AT 930 AM EDT MONDAY. HIGH TIDE AT 418 PM EDT MONDAY. DANGEROUS HIGH SURF OF 7 TO 10 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST. THIS WILL CREATE MODERATE BEACH EROSION ALONG THE SOUTHEAST FACING BEACHES OF FRANKLIN AND GULF COUNTY. A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT...MAINLY AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND MODERATE BEACH EROSION. $$ FLZ008-012-020400- /O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0007.080901T1602Z-080902T0400Z/ /O.EXB.KTAE.CF.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080902T0400Z/ COASTAL WALTON-BAY- 1102 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2008 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING. ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE RUNNING BETWEEN 2 AND 3 FEET ABOVE HIGH TIDE...OR BETWEEN 3 AND 4 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. AS A RESULT...SURF IS BREAKING NEAR THE DUNE LINE AT MANY BEACHES IN BAY AND WALTON COUNTIES. THIS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IN THE NORMALLY PRONE AREAS ALONG THE BEACHES. DANGEROUS HIGH SURF OF 9 TO 12 FEET WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE BEACHES OF WALTON AND BAY COUNTIES WITH MODERATE BEACH EROSION EXPECTED. BELOW ARE TIDE TIMES AT SELECTED LOCATIONS ALONG THE COAST... DESTIN...HIGH TIDE AT 144 PM CDT MONDAY. PANAMA CITY BEACH...HIGH TIDE AT 1200 PM EDT MONDAY. LOW TIDE AT 421 PM CDT MONDAY. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS AND MODERATE BEACH EROSION. $$ FLZ018-027-028-034-020400- /O.EXT.KTAE.CF.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080902T0400Z/ JEFFERSON-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-DIXIE- 1202 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2008 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. CONTINUED HIGH WATER LEVELS IN APALACHEE BAY WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. THE LATEST OBSERVATIONS FROM TIDAL GAGES INDICATE THAT WATER LEVELS ARE GRADUALLY SUBSIDING IN TAYLOR AND DIXIE COUNTIES...THOUGH THE POTENTIAL EXISTS AT HIGH TIDE LATER TODAY FOR MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IN THESE AREAS WITH TIDES RUNNING AROUND 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. HIGHER VALUES ARE EXPECTED IN WAKULLA AND JEFFERSON COUNTY. TIDES ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING AROUND 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL IN THESE AREAS AND MAY PEAK AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL HIGH TIDE...BUT SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN LEVELS SEEN WITH HIGH TIDES EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE TIMES OF HIGH AND LOW TIDE... SUWANNEE RIVER ENTRANCE...HIGH TIDE 340 PM EDT MONDAY. AUCILLA RIVER ENTRANCE...HIGH TIDE 421 PM EDT MONDAY. SHELL POINT...HIGH TIDE 413 PM EDT MONDAY. OCHLOCKONEE RIVER ENTRANCE...HIGH TIDE 429 PM EDT MONDAY. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. $$ GODSEY