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COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1030 PM EDT WED SEP 21 2005

...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR
COASTAL SECTIONS FOR WALTON...BAY...GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN THE EASTERN
PANHANDLE AND WESTERN BIG BEND OF FLORIDA.

MAJOR HURRICANE RITA WILL MOVE WEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO WATERS.
EVEN THOUGH RITA WILL BE FAR AWAY FROM THE FLORIDA COASTLINE...LARGE SWELLS
GENERATED BY THE HURRICANE WILL APPROACH THE BEACHES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS. THESE SWELLS ALONG WITH STRONG EASTERLY WINDS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS HIGH
SURF ALONG THE BEACHES.

MAIN RISKS FROM THE HIGH SURF WILL BE AN EXTREMELY HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...
BEACH EROSION AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. BEACHES
THAT HAVE SEEN EROSION FROM DENNIS AND KATRINA EARLIER THIS YEAR WILL BE
ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO EVEN MORE MINOR BEACH EROSION. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING
WILL BE POSSIBLE AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. THE FOLLOWING ARE HIGH TIDES FOR
SELECTED LOCATIONS ALONG THE FLORIDA COAST...

DESTIN...1241 AM CDT THURSDAY AND 126 AM CDT FRIDAY.

PANAMA CITY BEACH...1051 PM CDT WEDNESDAY AND 1136 PM CDT THURSDAY.

APALACHICOLA...804 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...556 AM EDT AND 924 PM EDT THURSDAY.

CARRABELLE...636 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...431 AM EDT AND 759 PM EDT THURSDAY.

RESIDENTS ALONG THE COAST AND VISITORS TO THE BEACH SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE
WATER ON AREA BEACHES UNTIL SEAS SUBSIDE EARLY THIS WEEKEND. BY VENTURING INTO
THE WATER...YOU COULD BE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK DUE TO THE DANGEROUS SURF
CONDITIONS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER 
UPDATES ON HURRICANE RITA.

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