000 WHUS42 KTAE 101901 CFWTAE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 301 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT (7 PM CDT) TONIGHT THROUGH 8 PM EDT (7 PM CDT) THURSDAY FOR GULF...FRANKLIN AND WAKULLA COUNTIES... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT TONIGHT THROUGH 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR BAY AND WALTON COUNTIES... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT TONIGHT THROUGH 8 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR JEFFERSON...TAYLOR AND DIXIE COUNTIES... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FRANKLIN COUNTY COASTS THOUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... .A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN HURRICANE IKE TO THE SOUTH OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE MID ATLANTIC STATES WILL CREATE A LONG PERIOD OF STRONG EASTERLY TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OVER THE COASTAL AREAS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND. THIS WILL CREATE COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE COAST...ESPECIALLY FROM SAINT MARKS WESTWARD TO PORT SAINT JOE...STARTING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY EVENING. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR EAST OF SAINT MARKS TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER ENTRANCE AND WEST OF PORT SAINT JOE. HIGH SURF...WHICH WILL CAUSE MODERATE BEACH EROSION ESPECIALLY FROM SAINT GEORGE ISLAND WESTWARD...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. FLZ014-015-111815- /O.UPG.KTAE.CF.A.0003.080911T0000Z-080912T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.CF.W.0002.080911T0000Z-080912T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.SU.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080913T1800Z/ GULF-FRANKLIN- 301 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2008 /201 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008/ ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ SATURDAY... ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THURSDAY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ SATURDAY. STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL PUSH WATER INTO THE COASTLINE BEGINNING THIS EVENING. THIS RISING WATER COMBINING WITH HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF COASTAL FLOODING ALL ALONG THE COAST. THE EFFECT OF THIS FLOODING WILL BE MAXIMIZED AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. AREAS PREVIOUSLY IMPACTED BY HURRICANE GUSTAV WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION. AT THIS TIME...A STORM SURGE SIMILAR IN MAGNITUDE TO GUSTAV IS EXPECTED. FROM PORT SAINT JOE EASTWARD TO THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER ENTRANCE...ESPECIALLY ALONG SOUTH FACING BEACHES...A STORM SURGE OF 3 FEET IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL PRODUCE A STORM TIDE OF 4 TO 7 FEET AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. REMEMBER...STORM TIDE IS THE COMBINATION OF ASTRONOMICAL TIDE AND STORM SURGE. STORM TIDE IS REFERENCED TO MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. BELOW ARE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AND LOW TIDE AT SELECTED LOCATIONS ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND COASTLINES... SAINT GEORGE ISLAND...HIGH TIDE 138 AM THURSDAY...LOW TIDE 513 AM THURSDAY...HIGH TIDE 1042 AM THURSDAY. CARRABELLE...HIGH TIDE 215 AM THURSDAY...LOW TIDE 548 AM THURSDAY...HIGH TIDE 1119 PM THURSDAY. PORT SAINT JOE...HIGH TIDE 722 AM CDT THURSDAY...LOW TIDE 526 AM CDT THURSDAY. NOTE THAT THE LOW TIDE AMPLITUDE AT SAINT GEORGE ISLAND AND CARRABELLE IS ONLY AROUND HALF A FOOT LOWER THAN THE HIGH TIDE. THIS MAY LEAD TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF INUNDATION IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE COAST THURSDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. HIGH SURF OF 9 TO 13 FEET...WITH HIGHER SETS UP TO 15 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY ALONG GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTY COASTS WEST OF DOG ISLAND. MUCH LOWER SURF HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 6 FEET ARE EXPECTED FROM DOG ISLAND TO ALLIGATOR POINT. A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. $$ FLZ027-111815- /O.UPG.KTAE.CF.A.0003.080911T0000Z-080912T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.CF.W.0002.080911T0000Z-080912T0000Z/ WAKULLA- 301 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY. THE COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL PUSH WATER INTO THE COASTLINE OF WAKULLA COUNTY BEGINNING THIS EVENING. THIS RISING WATER COMBINING WITH HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL LIKELY PRODUCE A PERIOD OF COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE COAST. THE EFFECT OF THIS FLOODING WILL BE MAXIMIZED AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. AREAS PREVIOUSLY IMPACTED BY HURRICANE GUSTAV WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION. AT THIS TIME...A STORM SURGE SIMILAR IN MAGNITUDE TO GUSTAV IS EXPECTED. IN WAKULLA COUNTY...A STORM SURGE OF 3 FEET IS EXPECTED. THIS EQUATES TO A STORM TIDE OF 4 TO 6 FEET. REMEMBER...STORM TIDE IS THE COMBINATION OF ASTRONOMICAL TIDE AND STORM SURGE. STORM TIDE VALUES ARE GIVEN IN REFERENCE TO MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. BELOW ARE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AND LOW TIDE AT SELECTED LOCATIONS ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND COASTLINES... SHELL POINT...HIGH TIDE 115 AM THURSDAY...LOW TIDE 620 AM THURSDAY...HIGH TIDE 1227 PM THURSDAY. SAINT MARKS...HIGH TIDE 106 AM THURSDAY...LOW TIDE 608 AM THURSDAY...HIGH TIDE 1219 PM THURSDAY. NOTE THAT THE LOW TIDE AMPLITUDE AT THESE THREE SITES IS ONLY AROUND HALF A FOOT LOWER THAN THE HIGH TIDE. THIS MAY LEAD TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF INUNDATION IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE COAST ON THURSDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. $$ FLZ008-012-111815- /O.UPG.KTAE.CF.A.0003.080911T0000Z-080912T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.CF.Y.0004.080911T0000Z-080912T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.SU.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080913T1800Z/ COASTAL WALTON-BAY- 201 PM CDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SATURDAY... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. THIS REPLACES THE COASTAL FLOOD WATCH. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SATURDAY. STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL PUSH WATER INTO THE COASTLINE BEGINNING WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS RISING WATER COMBINING WITH HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL LIKELY PRODUCE A PERIOD OF MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE COAST. THE EFFECT OF THIS FLOODING WILL BE MAXIMIZED AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. AREAS PREVIOUSLY IMPACTED BY HURRICANE GUSTAV WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION. AREAS FROM DESTIN TO MEXICO BEACH CAN EXPECT STORM TIDE VALUES BETWEEN 2 TO 4 FEET AROUND HIGH TIDE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...OR A 2 FOOT STORM SURGE. STORM TIDE VALUES GIVEN ARE IN REFERENCE TO MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. THESE HEIGHTS ARE SIMILAR IN MAGNITUDE TO THOSE SEEN DURING HURRICANE GUSTAV. REMEMBER...STORM TIDE IS THE COMBINATION OF ASTRONOMICAL TIDE AND STORM SURGE. BELOW ARE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AND LOW TIDE AT SELECTED LOCATIONS ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... AT PANAMA CITY...HIGH TIDE 611 AM THURSDAY...LOW TIDE 425 PM THURSDAY. AT DESTIN...HIGH TIDE 755 AM THURSDAY...LOW TIDE 637 PM THURSDAY. HIGH SURF OF 9 TO 13 FEET...WITH HIGHER SETS UP TO 15 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST FROM DESTIN TO MEXICO BEACH. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. $$ FLZ018-028-034-111815- /O.UPG.KTAE.CF.A.0003.080911T0000Z-080912T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.CF.Y.0004.080911T0000Z-080912T0000Z/ JEFFERSON-TAYLOR-DIXIE- 301 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY. THE REPLACES THE COASTAL FLOOD WATCH. SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS UP TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL HELP BRING HIGHER WATER LEVELS INTO APALACHEE BAY. THOUGH AREAS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA BIG BEND COASTLINE WILL NOT SEE ONSHORE WINDS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. THIS FLOODING WILL LIKELY BE SIMILAR...IF NOT SLIGHTLY LESS...THAN LEVELS EXPERIENCED DURING HURRICANE GUSTAV. AREAS PREVIOUSLY IMPACTED BY HURRICANE GUSTAV WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION. AT THIS TIME...AREAS FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER ENTRANCE CAN EXPECT STORM TIDE VALUES...WHICH IS THE HEIGHT ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER...OF 3 TO 5 FEET AROUND HIGH TIDE ON TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...OR A 2 TO 3 FOOT STORM SURGE. THESE VALUES GIVEN ARE IN REFERENCE TO MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. REMEMBER...STORM TIDE IS THE COMBINATION OF ASTRONOMICAL TIDE AND STORM SURGE. BELOW ARE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AND LOW TIDE AT SELECTED LOCATIONS ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND COASTLINES... SUWANNEE RIVER ENTRANCE...HIGH TIDE 1248 AM THURSDAY...LOW TIDE 555 AM THURSDAY...HIGH TIDE 1135 AM THURSDAY. STEINHATCHEE RIVER ENTRANCE...HIGH TIDE 1244 AM THURSDAY...LOW TIDE 537 AM THURSDAY...HIGH TIDE 1131 AM THURSDAY. NOTE THAT THE LOW TIDE AMPLITUDE AT THESE SITES IS ONLY AROUND HALF A FOOT LOWER THAN THE HIGH TIDE. THIS MAY LEAD TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF INUNDATION IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE COAST. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. $$ GODSEY