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WHUS42 KTAE 230139
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
939 PM EDT SAT OCT 22 2005

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COASTAL WALTON-BAY-GULF-FRANKLIN-JEFFERSON-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-DIXIE-
839 PM CDT SAT OCT 22 2005 /939 PM EDT SAT OCT 22 2005/

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/
TUESDAY...

HURRICANE WILMA WILL SLOWLY MOVE TO THE NORTH THIS EVENING INTO
THE GULF OF MEXICO. ON SUNDAY...WILMA IS EXPECTED TO TURN TOWARD
THE NORTHEAST TOWARD THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA. EVEN THOUGH
THE FORECAST TRACK OF WILMA REMAINS FAR TO THE SOUTH OF THE
REGION...LARGE SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GENERATED BY WILMA AND
MOVE TOWARD THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND COASTLINE. THESE
SWELLS WILL GROW LARGER...MAINLY OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS...AS
WILMA NEARS SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA AND WINDS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS
INCREASE.

BUOY DATA INDICATE WAVE PERIODS OF 12 TO 14 SECONDS ACROSS THE
EASTERN GULF. THESE SWELLS WILL GENERATE HIGH SURF ALONG AREA
BEACHES. FIVE TO SEVEN FOOT BREAKERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND ON MONDAY ACROSS THE PANHANDLE BEACHES.
SLIGHTLY LOWER BREAKERS OF 3 TO 5 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED EAST OF
SAINT GEORGE ISLAND. DUE TO THIS HIGH SURF ACTIVITY IN THE GULF OF
MEXICO...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR THE PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES OF
FLORIDA UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

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. OVER WASH 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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GODSEY