000 WHUS42 KTAE 120606 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 206 AM EDT FRI SEP 12 2008 ...A HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT TODAY FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY... ...A HIGH SURF WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT/ 7 PM CDT/ TODAY FOR GULF...BAY...AND COASTAL WALTON COUNTIES... ...A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT/ 10 AM CDT/ TODAY FOR JEFFERSON...TAYLOR...DIXIE...GULF...FRANKLIN AND WAKULLA COUNTIES... .WITH HURRICANE IKE CONTINUING TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO...THE STRONG WINDS PUSHING WATER TOWARD THE COASTLINE ARE DECREASING. THERE IS STILL SOME POTENTIAL FOR MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ON THE NEXT HIGH TIDE CYCLE IN VULNERABLE LOCATIONS ALONG THE COAST...BUT THIS THREAT SHOULD DECREASE RAPIDLY DURING THE DAY TODAY. OVER SAINT GEORGE AND DOG ISLANDS...THE HIGH SURF SHOULD DIMINISH TO 4 TO 6 FEET BY LATE THIS MORNING...BUT 8 TO 10 FOOT BREAKERS WITH SOME 12 TO 14 FOOT SETS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY FROM CAPE SAN BLAS WESTWARD TO SANDESTIN. THIS HIGH SURF WILL CAUSE MODERATE BEACH EROSION AND CREATE DEADLY RIP CURRENTS TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. FLZ008-012-014-130000- /O.EXT.KTAE.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080913T0000Z/ COASTAL WALTON-BAY-GULF- 106 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008 ...HIGH SURF WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE HIGH SURF WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. LARGE SWELLS GENERATED FROM HURRICANE IKE HAVE REACHED THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND WILL CONTINUE TO POUND THE COAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ALREADY SURF AS HIGH AS 13 TO 18 FEET HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE... AND BREAKERS OF 8 TO 10 FEET WITH SOME 12 TO 14 FOOT SETS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY...BEFORE SLOWLY SUBSIDING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. WITH TIDES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RUNNING AROUND 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING DUE TO THE INCREASED TIDES AND WAVE ACTION WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...DEADLY RIP CURRENTS...MODERATE BEACH EROSION... AND POSSIBLE OVER WASH OF LOW LYING ROADS IN AREAS WHERE THE DUNES ARE LOW. $$ FLZ015-121500- /O.CON.KTAE.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080912T1500Z/ FRANKLIN- 206 AM EDT FRI SEP 12 2008 ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... A HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING. LARGE SWELLS GENERATED FROM LARGE AND INTENSIFYING HURRICANE IKE HAVE REACHED THE BEACHES OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND...BUT SHOULD SUBSIDE MORE QUICKLY AT SAINT GEORGE AND DOG ISLANDS THAN AREAS FURTHER WEST OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. BREAKERS OF 7 TO 9 FEET WITH SOME 10 FOOT SETS WILL SUBSIDE TO 4 TO 6 FEET BY LATE THIS MORNING...BEFORE FURTHER DROPPING TO 2 TO 4 FEET BY THIS EVENING. A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVE WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. $$ FLZ027-121500- /O.CON.KTAE.CF.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080912T1500Z/ WAKULLA- 206 AM EDT FRI SEP 12 2008 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH THE MAIN COASTAL FLOOD THREAT FROM HURRICANE IKE HAS PASSED...SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE AT A FEW LOCATIONS DURING HIGH TIDES THIS MORNING. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. $$ FLZ018-028-034-121500- /O.CON.KTAE.CF.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080912T1500Z/ JEFFERSON-TAYLOR-DIXIE- 206 AM EDT FRI SEP 12 2008 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH THE MAIN COASTAL FLOOD THREAT FROM HURRICANE IKE HAS PASSED...SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE AT A FEW LOCATIONS DURING HIGH TIDES THIS MORNING. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. $$ 17-GOULD