000 WHUS42 KTAE 170645 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 245 AM EDT TUE OCT 17 2006 FLZ008-012-014-015-180000- /O.EXT.KTAE.SU.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-061018T0000Z/ COASTAL WALTON-BAY-GULF-FRANKLIN- 145 AM CDT TUE OCT 17 2006 /245 AM EDT TUE OCT 17 2006/ ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE BEACHES OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES. FRANKLIN...GULF...BAY AND COASTAL WALTON. A LONG DURATION OF STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN A HIGH POUNDING SURF OVER AREA BEACHES. THIS SURF MAY RESULT IN SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...BEFORE THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH AND WINDS BECOME OFFSHORE AND SLACKEN LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. 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. $$ 17-GOULD