000 WHUS42 KTAE 161328 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 928 AM EDT MON OCT 16 2006 FLZ008-012-014-015-171300- /O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0004.061016T1328Z-061017T1300Z/ COASTAL WALTON-BAY-GULF-FRANKLIN- 828 AM CDT MON OCT 16 2006 /928 AM EDT MON OCT 16 2006/ ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR THE GULF BEACHES OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... FRANKLIN...GULF...BAY AND COASTAL WALTON. .DISCUSSION...A LONG DURATION OF STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN HIGH SURF ALONG AREA BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE HIGH SURF WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION...AS WELL AS WASH OVER OF JETTIES AND EXPOSED LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE. MANY LOCATIONS ALONG THE COAST...INCLUDING BAYS AND RIVERS...WILL LIKELY HAVE TIDE LEVELS 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ADD TO WATER PONDING ON ROADS THAT EXPERIENCE FLOODING FROM HIGH TIDES. DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. $$ BLOCK