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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1058 AM EDT FRI SEP 21 2007

FLZ018-027-221500-
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JEFFERSON-WAKULLA-
1058 AM EDT FRI SEP 21 2007

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT SATURDAY...

COASTAL FLOODING WILL BECOME LIKELY THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY AND
TONIGHT AS STRONG ONSHORE WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ASSOCIATED WITH A 
SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION JUST SOUTH OF APALACHICOLA. THE MOST 
SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS WILL BE VULNERABLE ROADWAYS ALONG THE COAST. 
TIDES OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL CAN BE EXPECTED...WHICH WILL CAUSE 
FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AREAS. THE WORST OF THE FLOODING CAN BE 
EXPECTED AROUND THE TIME OF THE NEXT HIGH TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR 
AFTER MIDNIGHT BETWEEN 100 AM EDT AND 200 AM EDT. BEACH EROSION WILL 
OCCUR ALONG VULNERABLE BEACHES. THE ONSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO 
BEGIN WEAKENING BY LATE TOMORROW MORNING AS THE SYSTEM MOVES 
INLAND AND OFF TO THE WEST.

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING ALONG LOW LYING
COASTAL AREAS IS IMMINENT. RESIDENTS LIVING IN THESE AREAS SHOULD
RUSH TO COMPLETION PREPARATIONS TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY
TUNED TO THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES. 

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GIBBS/GOREE