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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
312 AM EDT FRI OCT 21 2005

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COASTAL WALTON-BAY-GULF-FRANKLIN-JEFFERSON-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-DIXIE-
212 AM CDT FRI OCT 21 2005 /312 AM EDT FRI OCT 21 2005/

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 5 AM EDT /4 AM CDT/ SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH
SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 5 AM EDT /4 AM CDT/ SATURDAY. 

INTENSE HURRICANE WILMA LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF COZUMEL MEXICO WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST LATER TODAY. LARGE SWELLS
GENERATED BY THE HURRICANE HAVE MOVED NORTH THROUGH THE YUCATAN
CHANNEL AND INTO THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO AS CONFIRMED BY BUOY
42003 LOCATED IN THE EASTERN GULF. THESE SWELLS WILL BEGIN TO
IMPACT THE LOCAL WATERS LATER TODAY. AS THESE LONG PERIOD WAVES
CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH...HIGH SURF IS LIKELY ALONG AREA BEACHES
BEGINNING LATER TODAY...INITIALLY THE PANHANDLE BEACHES BEFORE
SPREADING EAST TO THE BIG BEND BEACHES. THESE CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST SEVERAL DAYS. THEREFORE...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR
THE PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES OF FLORIDA.

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE 
ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH 
EROSION...AS WELL AS THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME OVERWASH AND MINOR 
COASTAL FLOODING IN SOME LOWER LYING LOCATIONS ALONG THE IMPACTED
BEACHES.

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