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WHUS42 KTAE 212132
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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
532 PM EDT FRI OCT 21 2005

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COASTAL WALTON-BAY-GULF-FRANKLIN-JEFFERSON-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-DIXIE-
432 PM CDT FRI OCT 21 2005 /532 PM EDT FRI OCT 21 2005/

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/
TUESDAY FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES...

THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/
TUESDAY. 

LARGE SWELLS GENERATED BY HURRICANE WILMA WILL CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE
NORTHWARD INTO THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO. BUOY DATA INDICATE WAVE
PERIODS OF 12 TO 14 SECONDS ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF. THESE SWELLS
WILL GENERATE HIGH SURF ALONG AREA BEACHES INITIALLY ALONG THE
PANHANDLE AND THEN SPREADING EAST TO THE BIG BEND BEACHES. FIVE TO
SEVEN FOOT BREAKERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE WEEKEND AND
CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. 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 OVER WASH AND MINOR
COASTAL FLOODING IN SOME LOWER LYING LOCATIONS ALONG THE IMPACTED
BEACHES. BEACHES THAT SUFFERED SEVERE DAMAGE TO PROTECTIVE DUNES
DURING HURRICANES DENNIS AND IVAN WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THIS
OVER WASH. THIS SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH STORM SURGE. WILMA IS
NOT EXPECTED TO BRING A STORM SURGE TO THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND
PANHANDLE COASTLINE.

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