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High Surf Warning 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 11, 20084 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this high surf warning at Sep 11, 2008, 8:45 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 24 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 11, 2008, 8:45 AM CDT (13:45 UTC)
Expired
Sep 12, 2008, 8:45 AM CDT
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2008-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1093 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2008-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 146 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1093 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WHUS42 KTAE 111345
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
945 AM EDT THU SEP 11 2008

...HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT (11 AM EDT) FRIDAY
FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY WESTWARD...

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM
CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GULF...FRANKLIN...AND WAKULLA COUNTIES...

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR JEFFERSON...TAYLOR...AND DIXIE COUNTIES...

.THE LARGE WIND FIELD FROM HURRICANE IKE HAS GENERATED HIGH SWELLS
ACROSS MUCH OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. THESE SWELLS WILL AFFECT THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ALSO...THE ABUNDANT HIGH
WAVES ENTERING THE NORTHEAST GULF WILL CAUSE ABOVE-NORMAL
TIDES...ESPECIALLY NEAR HIGH TIDES ALONG THE GULF...FRANKLIN...AND
WAKULLA COUNTY COASTS TODAY.


FLZ008-012-120000-
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/O.NEW.KTAE.SU.W.0001.080911T1345Z-080912T1500Z/
COASTAL WALTON-BAY-
845 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2008

...HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT FRIDAY...
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH
SURF WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT FRIDAY.

LARGE SWELLS GENERATED FROM LARGE AND INTENSIFYING HURRICANE IKE
HAVE REACHED THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND WILL
CONTINUE TO POUND THE COAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ALREADY SURF AS
HIGH AS 12 TO 16 FEET HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THIS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH A GRADUAL DECREASING TREND BEGINNING FRIDAY NIGHT
OR SATURDAY. THE SURF AT SAINT GEORGE ISLAND WILL BE SOMEWHAT
LOWER AT 5 TO 7 FEET...BUT STILL LARGE ENOUGH TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
BEACH EROSION AND OVER FLOODING OF LOW LYING BEACH
ROADS...ESPECIALLY AT HIGH TIDES.

THE FOLLOWING ARE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AND LOW TIDE AT SELECTED LOCATIONS
ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

AT PANAMA CITY...HIGH TIDE 731 AM CDT TODAY...LOW TIDE 
601 PM CDT...HIGH TIDE 824 AM CDT FRIDAY.

AT DESTIN...HIGH TIDE 755 AM...LOW TIDE 638 PM...HIGH TIDE 848 AM
FRIDAY.  

A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES
WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS
SWIMMING CONDITIONS...DEADLY RIP CURRENTS...SIGNIFICANT BEACH
EROSION...AND POSSIBLE OVERWASH OF LOW LYING ROADS IN AREAS WHERE
THE DUNES ARE LOW.

$$

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GULF-FRANKLIN-
945 AM EDT THU SEP 11 2008 /845 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2008/

...HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/
FRIDAY...
...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM
CDT/ THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH
SURF WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/
FRIDAY. A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT
/7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING.

LARGE SWELLS GENERATED FROM LARGE AND INTENSIFYING HURRICANE IKE
HAVE REACHED THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND WESTERN BIG 
BEND...AND WILL CONTINUE TO POUND THE COAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
ALREADY SURF AS HIGH AS 8 TO 10 FEET HAS BEEN REPORTED AT CAPE SAN
BLAS...FORCING THE CLOSURE OF STATE ROAD 30 EAST. THE SURF AT
SAINT GEORGE ISLAND WILL BE SOMEWHAT LOWER AT 5 TO 7 FEET...BUT
STILL LARGE ENOUGH TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND FLOODING
OF LOW LYING BEACH ROADS...ESPECIALLY AT HIGH TIDE. IN
FACT...MINOR FLOODING IN THE SAINT GEORGE STATE PARK WITH WATER
OVER THE ROAD HAS BEEN REPORTED THIS MORNING. THE HIGH SURF WILL
LIKELY CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH A GRADUAL DECREASING
TREND BEGINNING FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY.

A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES
WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS
SWIMMING CONDITIONS...DEADLY RIP CURRENTS......SIGNIFICANT BEACH
EROSION...AND POSSIBLE OVERWASH OF LOW LYING ROADS IN AREAS WHERE
THE DUNES ARE LOW. 

AT 8 AM EDT (7 AM CDT)...THE TIDE AT THE PANAMA CITY GAGE WAS 2
FEET ABOVE NORMAL AT 4 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. TIDES AS HIGH
AS 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS COULD
CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH
TIDE. FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED THIS MORNING AT ALLIGATOR
POINT ROAD NEAR THE MARINA.

THE FOLLOWING ARE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AND LOW TIDE AT SELECTED LOCATIONS
ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND...

SAINT GEORGE ISLAND...HIGH TIDE 1043 AM EDT...LOW TIDE 
621 PM...HIGH TIDE 159 AM FRIDAY...LOW TIDE 601 AM FRIDAY...HIGH TIDE
1152 AM FRIDAY.

CARRABELLE...HIGH TIDE 1120 AM...LOW TIDE 656 PM...HIGH TIDE 
236 AM FRIDAY...LOW TIDE 636 AM EDT FRIDAY...HIGH TIDE 1229 PM FRIDAY.

PORT SAINT JOE...HIGH TIDE 722 AM CDT...LOW TIDE 527 PM CDT...HIGH
TIDE 815 AM CDT FRIDAY.

NOTE THAT THE LOW TIDE AMPLITUDE AT SAINT GEORGE ISLAND AND
CARRABELLE IS ONLY AROUND HALF A FOOT LOWER THAN THE HIGH TIDE.
THIS MAY LEAD TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF INUNDATION IN LOW LYING
AREAS ALONG THE COAST FROM THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON.

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT
LIFE AND PROPERTY.

$$

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WAKULLA-
945 AM EDT THU SEP 11 2008

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

ABUNDANT HIGH WAVES ARE ENTERING THE NORTHEAST GULF FROM LARGE AND
INTENSIFYING HURRICANE IKE. THIS WILL CAUSE ABOVE-NORMAL 
TIDES...ESPECIALLY NEAR HIGH TIDE. EARLY MORNING REPORTS INDICATE
THAT TIDES ARE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THOSE REPORTED DURING
HURRICANE GUSTAV. TIDES ARE FORECAST TO REACH 4 TO 5 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL...WITH MAXIMUM STORM TIDES OF 7 TO 8 FEET POSSIBLE AROUND
HIGH TIDE. REMEMBER...STORM TIDE IS THE COMBINATION OF
ASTRONOMICAL TIDE AND STORM SURGE. STORM TIDE VALUES ARE GIVEN IN
REFERENCE TO MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. THIS WOULD BE A LITTLE WORSE
THAN GUSTAV A FEW WEEKS AGO...AND COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS AND ROADS SUCH AS THE MASHES SANDS AREA.

THE FOLLOWING ARE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AND LOW TIDE...

SAINT MARKS...HIGH TIDE 1219 PM EDT...LOW TIDE 714 PM EDT...HIGH
TIDE 134 AM EDT FRIDAY...LOW TIDE 656 AN EDT FRIDAY. 

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT
LIFE AND PROPERTY.

$$

FLZ018-028-034-120000-
/O.CON.KTAE.CF.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080912T0000Z/
JEFFERSON-TAYLOR-DIXIE-
945 AM EDT THU SEP 11 2008

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

ABUNDANT HIGH WAVES ARE ENTERING THE NORTHEAST GULF FROM LARGE AND
INTENSIFYING HURRICANE IKE. THIS WILL CAUSE ABOVE-NORMAL 
TIDES...ESPECIALLY NEAR HIGH TIDE. EARLY MORNING REPORTS INDICATE
THAT TIDES ARE RUNNING ABOUT 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ALONG THE 
APALACHEE BAY COAST. TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WILL BE
POSSIBLE TODAY...RESULTING IN STORM TIDES OF 5 TO 7 FEET. 
REMEMBER...STORM TIDE IS THE COMBINATION OF ASTRONOMICAL TIDE AND
STORM SURGE. THESE VALUES GIVEN ARE IN REFERENCE TO MEAN LOWER LOW
WATER.

THE FOLLOWING ARE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AND LOW TIDE AT SELECTED LOCATIONS
ALONG THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...

SUWANNEE RIVER ENTRANCE...HIGH TIDE 1135 AM EDT...LOW TIDE 704 PM
EDT...HIGH TIDE 118 AM EDT FRIDAY...LOW TIDE 649 AM EDT FRIDAY. 

STEINHATCHEE RIVER ENTRANCE...HIGH TIDE 1131 AM...LOW TIDE 646 PM
...HIGH TIDE 114 AM FRIDAY...LOW TIDE 631 AM FRIDAY. 

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES WILL
COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.

$$

FOURNIER/GODSEY/GIBBS
4 follow-up statements
000 
WHUS42 KTAE 111518 CCA
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
945 AM EDT THU SEP 11 2008

...HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT (11 AM EDT) FRIDAY
FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY WESTWARD...

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM
CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR GULF...FRANKLIN...AND WAKULLA COUNTIES...

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR JEFFERSON...TAYLOR...AND DIXIE COUNTIES...

.THE LARGE WIND FIELD FROM HURRICANE IKE HAS GENERATED HIGH SWELLS
ACROSS MUCH OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. THESE SWELLS WILL AFFECT THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ALSO...THE ABUNDANT HIGH
WAVES ENTERING THE NORTHEAST GULF WILL CAUSE ABOVE-NORMAL
TIDES...ESPECIALLY NEAR HIGH TIDES ALONG THE GULF...FRANKLIN...AND
WAKULLA COUNTY COASTS TODAY.


FLZ008-012-120000-
/O.CAN.KTAE.CF.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080912T0000Z/
/O.UPG.KTAE.SU.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080913T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.SU.W.0001.080911T1345Z-080912T1500Z/
COASTAL WALTON-BAY-
845 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2008

...HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT FRIDAY...
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH
SURF WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT FRIDAY.

LARGE SWELLS GENERATED FROM LARGE AND INTENSIFYING HURRICANE IKE
HAVE REACHED THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND WILL
CONTINUE TO POUND THE COAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ALREADY SURF AS
HIGH AS 12 TO 16 FEET HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THIS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH A GRADUAL DECREASING TREND BEGINNING FRIDAY NIGHT 
OR SATURDAY. 

THE FOLLOWING ARE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AND LOW TIDE AT SELECTED 
LOCATIONS ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

AT PANAMA CITY...HIGH TIDE 731 AM CDT TODAY...LOW TIDE 
601 PM CDT...HIGH TIDE 824 AM CDT FRIDAY.

AT DESTIN...HIGH TIDE 755 AM...LOW TIDE 638 PM...HIGH TIDE 848 AM
FRIDAY.  

A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES
WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS
SWIMMING CONDITIONS...DEADLY RIP CURRENTS...SIGNIFICANT BEACH
EROSION...AND POSSIBLE OVERWASH OF LOW LYING ROADS IN AREAS WHERE
THE DUNES ARE LOW.

$$

FLZ014-015-120000-
/O.UPG.KTAE.SU.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080913T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.SU.W.0001.080911T1345Z-080912T1500Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.CF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080912T0000Z/
GULF-FRANKLIN-
945 AM EDT THU SEP 11 2008 /845 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2008/

...HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/
FRIDAY...
...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM
CDT/ THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH
SURF WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/
FRIDAY. A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT
/7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING.

LARGE SWELLS GENERATED FROM LARGE AND INTENSIFYING HURRICANE IKE
HAVE REACHED THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND WESTERN BIG 
BEND...AND WILL CONTINUE TO POUND THE COAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
ALREADY SURF AS HIGH AS 8 TO 10 FEET HAS BEEN REPORTED AT CAPE SAN
BLAS...FORCING THE CLOSURE OF STATE ROAD 30 EAST. THE SURF AT
SAINT GEORGE ISLAND WILL BE SOMEWHAT LOWER AT 5 TO 7 FEET...BUT
STILL LARGE ENOUGH TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND FLOODING
OF LOW LYING BEACH ROADS...ESPECIALLY AT HIGH TIDE. IN
FACT...MINOR FLOODING IN THE SAINT GEORGE STATE PARK WITH WATER
OVER THE ROAD HAS BEEN REPORTED THIS MORNING. THE HIGH SURF WILL
LIKELY CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH A GRADUAL DECREASING
TREND BEGINNING FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY.

A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES
WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS
SWIMMING CONDITIONS...DEADLY RIP CURRENTS......SIGNIFICANT BEACH
EROSION...AND POSSIBLE OVERWASH OF LOW LYING ROADS IN AREAS WHERE
THE DUNES ARE LOW. 

AT 8 AM EDT (7 AM CDT)...THE TIDE AT THE PANAMA CITY GAGE WAS 2
FEET ABOVE NORMAL AT 4 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. TIDES AS HIGH
AS 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER CAN BE EXPECTED. THIS COULD
CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH
TIDE. FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED THIS MORNING AT ALLIGATOR
POINT ROAD NEAR THE MARINA.

THE FOLLOWING ARE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AND LOW TIDE AT SELECTED 
LOCATIONS ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND...

SAINT GEORGE ISLAND...HIGH TIDE 1043 AM EDT...LOW TIDE 
621 PM...HIGH TIDE 159 AM FRIDAY...LOW TIDE 601 AM FRIDAY...HIGH TIDE
1152 AM FRIDAY.

CARRABELLE...HIGH TIDE 1120 AM...LOW TIDE 656 PM...HIGH TIDE 236 AM 
FRIDAY...LOW TIDE 636 AM EDT FRIDAY...HIGH TIDE 1229 PM FRIDAY.

PORT SAINT JOE...HIGH TIDE 722 AM CDT...LOW TIDE 527 PM CDT...HIGH
TIDE 815 AM CDT FRIDAY.

NOTE THAT THE LOW TIDE AMPLITUDE AT SAINT GEORGE ISLAND AND
CARRABELLE IS ONLY AROUND HALF A FOOT LOWER THAN THE HIGH TIDE.
THIS MAY LEAD TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF INUNDATION IN LOW LYING
AREAS ALONG THE COAST FROM THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON.

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT
LIFE AND PROPERTY.

$$

FLZ027-120000-
/O.CON.KTAE.CF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080912T0000Z/
WAKULLA-
945 AM EDT THU SEP 11 2008

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

ABUNDANT HIGH WAVES ARE ENTERING THE NORTHEAST GULF FROM LARGE AND
INTENSIFYING HURRICANE IKE. THIS WILL CAUSE ABOVE-NORMAL 
TIDES...ESPECIALLY NEAR HIGH TIDE. EARLY MORNING REPORTS INDICATE
THAT TIDES ARE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THOSE REPORTED DURING
HURRICANE GUSTAV. TIDES ARE FORECAST TO REACH 4 TO 5 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL...WITH MAXIMUM STORM TIDES OF 7 TO 8 FEET POSSIBLE AROUND
HIGH TIDE. REMEMBER...STORM TIDE IS THE COMBINATION OF
ASTRONOMICAL TIDE AND STORM SURGE. STORM TIDE VALUES ARE GIVEN IN
REFERENCE TO MEAN LOWER LOW WATER. THIS WOULD BE A LITTLE WORSE
THAN GUSTAV A FEW WEEKS AGO...AND COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS AND ROADS SUCH AS THE MASHES SANDS AREA.

THE FOLLOWING ARE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AND LOW TIDE...

SAINT MARKS...HIGH TIDE 1219 PM EDT...LOW TIDE 714 PM EDT...HIGH
TIDE 134 AM EDT FRIDAY...LOW TIDE 656 AN EDT FRIDAY. 

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR
IMMINENT. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR RISING WATER...AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT
LIFE AND PROPERTY.

$$

FLZ018-028-034-120000-
/O.CON.KTAE.CF.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080912T0000Z/
JEFFERSON-TAYLOR-DIXIE-
945 AM EDT THU SEP 11 2008

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

ABUNDANT HIGH WAVES ARE ENTERING THE NORTHEAST GULF FROM LARGE AND
INTENSIFYING HURRICANE IKE. THIS WILL CAUSE ABOVE-NORMAL 
TIDES...ESPECIALLY NEAR HIGH TIDE. EARLY MORNING REPORTS INDICATE
THAT TIDES ARE RUNNING ABOUT 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ALONG THE 
APALACHEE BAY COAST. TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WILL BE
POSSIBLE TODAY...RESULTING IN STORM TIDES OF 5 TO 7 FEET. 
REMEMBER...STORM TIDE IS THE COMBINATION OF ASTRONOMICAL TIDE AND
STORM SURGE. THESE VALUES GIVEN ARE IN REFERENCE TO MEAN LOWER LOW
WATER.

THE FOLLOWING ARE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AND LOW TIDE AT SELECTED 
LOCATIONS ALONG THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...

SUWANNEE RIVER ENTRANCE...HIGH TIDE 1135 AM EDT...LOW TIDE 704 PM
EDT...HIGH TIDE 118 AM EDT FRIDAY...LOW TIDE 649 AM EDT FRIDAY. 

STEINHATCHEE RIVER ENTRANCE...HIGH TIDE 1131 AM...LOW TIDE 646 PM
...HIGH TIDE 114 AM FRIDAY...LOW TIDE 631 AM FRIDAY. 

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES WILL
COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.

$$

FOURNIER/GODSEY/GIBBS
000 
WHUS42 KTAE 111849
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
249 PM EDT THU SEP 11 2008

...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT (11 AM
EDT) FRIDAY FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY
WESTWARD...

...A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT (11 AM
EDT) FRIDAY FOR GULF...FRANKLIN AND WAKULLA COUNTIES...

...A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT FRIDAY
FOR JEFFERSON...TAYLOR...AND DIXIE COUNTIES...

.WITH HURRICANE IKE CONTINUING TO MOVE WESTWARD ACROSS THE
CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO...THE STRONG WINDS PUSHING WATER TOWARD THE
COASTLINE IS DECREASING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT ON THE NEXT
HIGH TIDE CYCLE AFTER MIDNIGHT THAT MINOR COASTAL FLOODING COULD
OCCUR IN VULNERABLE LOCATIONS ALONG THE COASTLINE.
ADDITIONALLY...SINCE HURRICANE IKE CONTINUES TO HAVE A LARGE WIND
FIELD THAT IS CREATING VERY HIGH SURF ACROSS THE GULF OF
MEXICO...AREAS FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY WESTWARD WILL CONTINUE TO SEE
LARGE AND DANGEROUS SURF. THIS HIGH SURF WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT
BEACH EROSION AND MINOR TIDAL OVERWASH AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH
TIDE.

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WAKULLA-
249 PM EDT THU SEP 11 2008

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT FRIDAY...
...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT FRIDAY. THIS
REPLACES THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING. 

ABUNDANT HIGH WAVES CONTINUE SPREADING NORTH FROM LARGE AND
INTENSIFYING HURRICANE IKE. THIS WILL CAUSE ABOVE-NORMAL
TIDES...ESPECIALLY NEAR HIGH TIDE. THE LATEST REPORTS AS OF 2 PM
EDT INDICATE THAT WATER LEVELS ARE BEGINNING TO DROP ALONG THE
COAST. THERE IS STILL THE POTENTIAL OF MINOR COASTAL FLOODING
TONIGHT AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. DURING THIS TIME...TIDES ARE
EXPECTED TO RUN 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TONIGHT. THIS WILL CREATE AN
OVERALL STORM TIDE OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER.
REMEMBER THAT STORM TIDE IS THE COMBINATION OF THE STORM SURGE AND
ASTRONOMICAL TIDE.

THE FOLLOWING ARE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AND LOW TIDE...

SAINT MARKS...LOW TIDE 714 PM EDT...HIGH TIDE 134 AM EDT
FRIDAY...LOW TIDE 656 AN EDT FRIDAY.

COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.

$$

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/O.CAN.KTAE.CF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080912T0000Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080912T1500Z/
GULF-FRANKLIN-
249 PM EDT THU SEP 11 2008 /149 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008/

...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT /10 AM
CDT/ FRIDAY...
...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/
FRIDAY. THE REPLACES THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING. A HIGH SURF
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/ FRIDAY.

AT 2 PM EDT...REPORTS FROM AREA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INDICATE THAT
WATER LEVELS ARE DECREASING ALONG THE COAST. WITH THE TIDE NOW
GOING OUT...FURTHER LOWERING OF THE WATER LEVEL IS EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TONIGHT
INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

SWELLS GENERATED FROM LARGE AND INTENSIFYING HURRICANE IKE HAVE
REACHED THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND WESTERN BIG
BEND...AND WILL CONTINUE TO POUND THE COAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
ALREADY SURF AS HIGH AS 8 TO 10 FEET HAS BEEN REPORTED AT CAPE SAN
BLAS...FORCING THE CLOSURE OF STATE ROAD 30 EAST. THE SURF AT
SAINT GEORGE ISLAND WILL BE SOMEWHAT LOWER AT 5 TO 7 FEET...BUT
STILL LARGE ENOUGH TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND FLOODING
OF LOW LYING BEACH ROADS...ESPECIALLY AT HIGH TIDE. IN
FACT...MINOR FLOODING IN THE SAINT GEORGE STATE PARK WITH WATER
OVER THE ROAD HAS BEEN REPORTED THIS MORNING. THE HIGH SURF WILL
LIKELY CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH A GRADUAL DECREASING
TREND BEGINNING FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY.

TIDES WILL LIKELY RUN AROUND 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TONIGHT PRODUCING
A STORM TIDE OF 3 TO 5 FEET. THIS WILL LIKELY CREATE MINOR
FLOODING ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST DUE TO THE INCREASED WAVE
ACTION. REMEMBER STORM TIDE IS THE COMBINATION OF STORM SURGE AND
THE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE. 

THE FOLLOWING ARE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AND LOW TIDE AT SELECTED 
LOCATIONS ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND...

SAINT GEORGE ISLAND...LOW TIDE 621 PM...HIGH TIDE 159 AM
FRIDAY...LOW TIDE 601 AM FRIDAY...HIGH TIDE 1152 AM FRIDAY.

CARRABELLE...LOW TIDE 656 PM...HIGH TIDE 236 AM FRIDAY...LOW TIDE
636 AM EDT FRIDAY...HIGH TIDE 1229 PM FRIDAY.

PORT SAINT JOE...LOW TIDE 527 PM CDT...HIGH TIDE 815 AM CDT
FRIDAY. 

A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVE
WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS
SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS.

$$

FLZ008-012-121500-
/O.CON.KTAE.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080912T1500Z/
COASTAL WALTON-BAY-
149 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008

...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT FRIDAY...

A HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT FRIDAY. 

LARGE SWELLS GENERATED FROM LARGE AND INTENSIFYING HURRICANE IKE
HAVE REACHED THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND WILL
CONTINUE TO POUND THE COAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ALREADY SURF AS
HIGH AS 13 TO 18 FEET HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THIS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH A GRADUAL DECREASING TREND BEGINNING FRIDAY NIGHT
OR SATURDAY. 

WITH TIDES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RUNNING AROUND 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING DUE TO THE
INCREASED TIDES AND WAVE ACTION WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE
TIME OF HIGH TIDE. 

THE FOLLOWING ARE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AND LOW TIDE AT SELECTED
LOCATIONS ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

AT PANAMA CITY...LOW TIDE 601 PM CDT...HIGH TIDE 824 AM CDT
FRIDAY.

AT DESTIN...LOW TIDE 638 PM...HIGH TIDE 848 AM FRIDAY.

A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES
WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS
SWIMMING CONDITIONS...DEADLY RIP CURRENTS...SIGNIFICANT BEACH
EROSION...AND POSSIBLE OVERWASH OF LOW LYING ROADS IN AREAS WHERE
THE DUNES ARE LOW.

$$

FLZ018-028-034-121500-
/O.EXT.KTAE.CF.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080912T1500Z/
JEFFERSON-TAYLOR-DIXIE-
249 PM EDT THU SEP 11 2008

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT FRIDAY...

ABUNDANT HIGH WAVES CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH FROM LARGE AND
INTENSIFYING HURRICANE IKE. THIS WILL CAUSE ABOVE-NORMAL
TIDES...ESPECIALLY NEAR HIGH TIDE. AS OF 2 PM EDT...REPORTS FROM
THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA BIG BEND INDICATE THAT WATER LEVELS ARE
DROPPING. HOWEVER...MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AROUND THE
TIME OF HIGH TIDE. TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO RUN 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CREATE A STORM TIDE OF 3 TO 5
FEET. REMEMBER...STORM TIDE IS THE COMBINATION OF STORM SURGE AND
THE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE.

THE FOLLOWING ARE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE AND LOW TIDE AT SELECTED 
LOCATIONS ALONG THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...

SUWANNEE RIVER ENTRANCE...LOW TIDE 704 PM EDT...HIGH TIDE 118 AM
EDT FRIDAY...LOW TIDE 649 AM EDT FRIDAY.

STEINHATCHEE RIVER ENTRANCE...LOW TIDE 646 PM...HIGH TIDE 114 AM
FRIDAY...LOW TIDE 631 AM FRIDAY.

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.

$$

GODSEY/FOURNIER/GIBBS
000 
WHUS42 KTAE 120606
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
206 AM EDT FRI SEP 12 2008

...A HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT TODAY FOR
FRANKLIN COUNTY...

...A HIGH SURF WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT/ 7 PM CDT/ 
TODAY FOR GULF...BAY...AND COASTAL WALTON COUNTIES...

...A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT/ 10 
AM CDT/ TODAY FOR JEFFERSON...TAYLOR...DIXIE...GULF...FRANKLIN 
AND WAKULLA COUNTIES...

.WITH HURRICANE IKE CONTINUING TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS
THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO...THE STRONG WINDS PUSHING WATER TOWARD
THE COASTLINE ARE DECREASING. THERE IS STILL SOME POTENTIAL FOR MINOR
COASTAL FLOODING ON THE NEXT HIGH TIDE CYCLE IN VULNERABLE LOCATIONS
ALONG THE COAST...BUT THIS THREAT SHOULD DECREASE RAPIDLY DURING
THE DAY TODAY. OVER SAINT GEORGE AND DOG ISLANDS...THE HIGH SURF
SHOULD DIMINISH TO 4 TO 6 FEET BY LATE THIS MORNING...BUT 8 TO 10
FOOT BREAKERS WITH SOME 12 TO 14 FOOT SETS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE
THROUGHOUT THE DAY FROM CAPE SAN BLAS WESTWARD TO SANDESTIN. THIS
HIGH SURF WILL CAUSE MODERATE BEACH EROSION AND CREATE DEADLY RIP
CURRENTS TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER.


FLZ008-012-014-130000-
/O.EXT.KTAE.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080913T0000Z/
COASTAL WALTON-BAY-GULF-
106 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

...HIGH SURF WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE HIGH SURF WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

LARGE SWELLS GENERATED FROM HURRICANE IKE HAVE REACHED THE
BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND WILL CONTINUE TO POUND THE
COAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ALREADY SURF AS HIGH AS 13 TO 18 FEET
HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...
AND BREAKERS OF 8 TO 10 FEET WITH SOME 12 TO 14 FOOT SETS WILL
REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY...BEFORE SLOWLY SUBSIDING
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.

WITH TIDES EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RUNNING AROUND 2 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING DUE TO THE
INCREASED TIDES AND WAVE ACTION WILL OCCUR...ESPECIALLY AROUND
THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE.

A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES
WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS
SWIMMING CONDITIONS...DEADLY RIP CURRENTS...MODERATE BEACH EROSION...
AND POSSIBLE OVER WASH OF LOW LYING ROADS IN AREAS WHERE THE DUNES
ARE LOW.

$$

FLZ015-121500-
/O.CON.KTAE.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080912T1500Z/
FRANKLIN-
206 AM EDT FRI SEP 12 2008

...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...

A HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS
MORNING. 

LARGE SWELLS GENERATED FROM LARGE AND INTENSIFYING HURRICANE IKE
HAVE REACHED THE BEACHES OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND...BUT
SHOULD SUBSIDE MORE QUICKLY AT SAINT GEORGE AND DOG ISLANDS THAN
AREAS FURTHER WEST OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. BREAKERS OF 7 TO
9 FEET WITH SOME 10 FOOT SETS WILL SUBSIDE TO 4 TO 6 FEET BY LATE
THIS MORNING...BEFORE FURTHER DROPPING TO 2 TO 4 FEET BY THIS
EVENING. 

A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVE
WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS
SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS.

$$

FLZ027-121500-
/O.CON.KTAE.CF.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080912T1500Z/
WAKULLA-
206 AM EDT FRI SEP 12 2008

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS
MORNING. 

ALTHOUGH THE MAIN COASTAL FLOOD THREAT FROM HURRICANE IKE HAS
PASSED...SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE AT A
FEW LOCATIONS DURING HIGH TIDES THIS MORNING.

COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.

$$

FLZ018-028-034-121500-
/O.CON.KTAE.CF.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080912T1500Z/
JEFFERSON-TAYLOR-DIXIE-
206 AM EDT FRI SEP 12 2008

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS
MORNING. 

ALTHOUGH THE MAIN COASTAL FLOOD THREAT FROM HURRICANE IKE HAS
PASSED...SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE AT A FEW
LOCATIONS DURING HIGH TIDES THIS MORNING.

COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.

$$

17-GOULD
000 
WHUS42 KTAE 121345
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
945 AM EDT FRI SEP 12 2008

...HIGH SURF WARNING CHANGED TO AN ADVISORY AND IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

...HIGH SURF WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY...

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND...

.HURRICANE IKE WILL CONTINUE MOVING WEST NORTHWEST TOWARD THE
TEXAS COAST TODAY. AS THE LARGE HURRICANE MOVES FARTHER AWAY FROM
THE FLORIDA COAST...THE HIGH SURF AND STORM SURGE WILL GRADUALLY
DIMINISH. 

FLZ008-012-014-131500-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080913T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0009.080912T1345Z-080913T1500Z/
COASTAL WALTON-BAY-GULF-
845 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT SATURDAY...
...HIGH SURF WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH
SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT SATURDAY. THIS
REPLACES THE HIGH SURF WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT. 

ALTHOUGH LARGE SWELLS GENERATED FROM HURRICANE IKE CONTINUE TO
POUND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST...THEY ARE NOT AS HIGH AS
THURSDAY. EARLY MORNING REPORTS FROM THE SAINT JOSEPH STATE PARK
AND MR SURFS BEACH REPORT INDICATE THE SURF NOW RANGES FROM 6 TO 9
FEET...DOWN FROM THE 10 TO 18 FEET REPORTED THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH THE
THREAT OF MAJOR BEACH EROSION AND OVERWASH OF LOW LYING COASTAL
ROADS APPEARS TO BE DIMINISHING...THIS SURF IS STILL VERY
DANGEROUS. DOUBLE RED FLAGS ARE FLYING AT THE PANHANDLE BEACHES
FOR HAZARDOUS SURF ZONE CONDITIONS...AND NUMEROUS STRONG RIP
CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE BEACHES IN BAY COUNTY ARE CLOSED TO
SWIMMERS AND INEXPERIENCED SURFERS. TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. 

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH
EROSION.

$$

FLZ015-121445-
/O.CAN.KTAE.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080912T1500Z/
FRANKLIN-
945 AM EDT FRI SEP 12 2008

...HIGH SURF WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH SURF WARNING. 

EARLY MORNING REPORTS FROM SAINT GEORGE ISLAND INDICATE THAT THE
SURF HAS DROPPED FROM 5 TO 7 FEET DOWN TO 2 TO 4 FEET.
HOWEVER...THIS IS STILL ABOVE NORMAL AND NUMEROUS RIP STRONG RIP
CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. 

$$

FLZ018-027-028-034-121445-
/O.CAN.KTAE.CF.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080912T1500Z/
JEFFERSON-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-DIXIE-
945 AM EDT FRI SEP 12 2008

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. 

TIDES ALONG THE FLORIDA BIG BEND COAST THIS MORNING WERE ABOUT 
1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL. THIS IS UNLIKELY TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT
IMPACT. TIDES WILL SLOWLY RETURN TO NORMAL DURING THE NEXT DAY OR
SO. 

$$

FOURNIER

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high surf warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high surf warning went out at Sep 11, 1:30 AM CDT, 7 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 11, 1:30 AM CDT, 7 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
230 AM EDT THU SEP 11 2008

...COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND
COASTLINE TODAY...

.SYNOPSIS...THE LATEST WATER VAPOR/UPPER AIR ANALYSIS DEPICTS A
TROUGH AXIS FROM THE NRN ROCKIES TO A LOW OFF THE SRN CA COAST, AND
A RIDGE FROM THE ERN PLAINS TO THE ATLANTIC COAST. AT 2 AM EDT,
CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.0 NORTH,
LONGITUDE 87.2 WEST, OR ABOUT 305 MILES SSE OF THE MOUTH OF THE MS
RIVER. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 100 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. IKE IS MOVING WNW NEAR 9 MPH INTO THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO.
IT WILL BE MAKING ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TO OUR MARINE LEGS OVERNIGHT
INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SUSTAINED ELY WINDS AT THE PANAMA CITY
BUOY (42039) HAVE PEAKED AT 31 KTS THUS FAR, WITH GUSTS UP TO 39
KTS. THE WAVE HEIGHTS HAVE REACHED 22 FT WITH 10-12 SEC PERIODS.
LARGE SWELLS CONTINUE TO SPREAD NWD TOWARD THE COAST. STORM TIDES
THUS FAR HAVE BEEN 2-3 FT FROM THE WAKULLA COUNTY COAST WWD ALONG
THE PANHANDLE, AND AROUND 2 FT ALONG THE TAYLOR/DIXIE COUNTY COAST
WHERE THE FLOW WAS MORE OFFSHORE AND SWELLS HAVE HAD LESS OF AN
EFFECT.

&&

.SHORT TERM (TODAY-SATURDAY)...IMMEDIATE IMPACTS FROM IKE WILL BE
COASTAL FLOODING OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY ON
THURSDAY. THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT FROM THE RIDGE TO THE
NORTHEAST AND IKE TO THE SOUTH WILL CREATE 20 TO 25 KNOT WINDS WITH
GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE OVER OUR PANHANDLE OFFSHORE WATERS.
GIVEN THAT DESTIN TIDE GAGE IS RUNNING 2.5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL AND
THAT THE PANAMA CITY AND CEDAR KEY TIDE GAGES ARE RUNNING 2 FEET
ABOVE NORMAL...WILL CONTINUE TO FAVOR SLIGHTLY HIGHER TOTALS IN
PLACES THAN INDICATED IN PREVIOUS FORECASTS. ESPECIALLY SINCE THE
GFS BASED EXTRATROPICAL SURGE GUIDANCE IS RUNNING A LITTLE BELOW
OBSERVATIONS. THIS EQUATES TO THE FOLLOWING PREDICTION...

COUNTY               STORM SURGE           STORM TIDE
DIXIE                2 FEET                2 TO 4 FEET
TAYLOR               2 FEET                2 TO 4 FEET
JEFFERSON            2 FEET                2 TO 4 FEET
WAKULLA              3 FEET                4 TO 7 FEET
FRANKLIN             3 FEET                4 TO 7 FEET
GULF                 3 FEET                4 TO 7 FEET
BAY                  3 FEET                3 TO 5 FEET
WALTON               3 FEET                3 TO 5 FEET

THESE STORM TIDE VALUES ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE OBSERVED WITH HURRICANE
GUSTAV. REMEMBER, IF YOU HAD ISSUES WITH COASTAL FLOODING DURING
GUSTAV, YOU SHOULD HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PRECAUTIONS BEFORE THE WATERS
BEGIN TO RISE. THE EFFECTS OF HIGH SURF AND WINDS TURNING TO THE
SOUTHEAST BY SUNRISE TODAY WILL CAUSE COASTAL FLOODING, ESPECIALLY
ALONG THE SOUTHEAST FACING COASTLINE THAT WILL BE MAXIMIZED AROUND
THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THURSDAY MORNING (REFER TO THE COASTAL HAZARD
MESSAGE, MIACFWTAE, FOR MORE DETAILS).

REGARDING SPECIFIC COUNTIES AND PRODUCTS, A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL AREAS OF GULF, FRANKLIN AND WAKULLA
COUNTIES. THESE AREAS, WHICH FACE TO THE SOUTHEAST, WILL BE MOST
VULNERABLE TO COASTAL FLOODING. THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA BIG BEND
COASTLINE (TAYLOR AND DIXIE COUNTIES) WILL BE LESS VULNERABLE DUE TO
AN OFFSHORE WIND COMPONENT.

HIGH SURF ALONG WITH DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN
CONCERN ALONG THE FRANKLIN AND PANHANDLE COASTS THROUGH THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS. WE ARE ALREADY SEEING WAVE HEIGHTS FROM 14 TO 22
FEET AT THE BUOYS, AND THIS WILL ONLY INCREASE AS THE SWELL FROM IKE
CONTINUES TO PROPAGATE NORTHWARD. MODELS ARE FORECASTING PEAK WAVE
HEIGHTS FROM 16 TO 24 FEET AT BUOYS THIS MORNING. THIS EQUATES TO
SURF AT THE PANHANDLE/FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES OF 9 TO 13 FEET, WITH
HIGHER SETS POSSIBLE.

NOW FOR THE SENSIBLE WEATHER, DEEP LAYER MOISTURE FROM THE ATLANTIC
AND GULF OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP RAIN CHANCES HIGH TODAY,
WITH LIKELY POPS FOR ERN ZONES, MAINLY DURING THE AFTN. A FEW OF THE
STORMS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE BANDS OF CONVECTION MAY PRODUCE STRONG
WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. CONVECTION WILL WANE LATER THIS
EVENING WITH LOSS OF INSOLATION, THEN CRANK UP AGAIN ON FRIDAY. THIS
TIME THE FOCUS OF THE CONVECTION WILL SHIFT TO THE WRN ZONES, AS A
DEEP LAYER RIDGE TO OUR E SHUNTS THE TROPICAL MOISTURE SURGE WWD.
ON SATURDAY, THE RIDGE WILL TAKE HOLD OF THE REGION WITH ISOLATED
CONVECTION LIMITED TO DIURNAL SEA BREEZE CIRCULATIONS. TEMPS FOR THE
NEXT FEW DAYS WILL AVERAGE A FEW DEGREES ABOVE CLIMO, THEN INCREASE
A FEW DEGREES MORE ON SATURDAY.

&&

.LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT-WEDNESDAY)...THIS PERIOD WILL BE
DOMINATED BY A DEEP LAYERED SUBTROPICAL RIDGE...WHICH WILL BUILD
INTO THE AREA DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THIS RIDGE WILL KEEP
TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE CLIMO SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH MINIMAL RAIN
CHANCES. BY TUESDAY...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC
WILL SET UP AN ELY FLOW ACROSS THE AREA WITH A BIT MORE MOISTURE AND
SLIGHTLY HIGHER RAIN CHANCES...AS WELL AS SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS.

&&

.MARINE...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO TIGHTEN AS
HURRICANE IKE MOVES WEST-NORTHWEST TOWARD THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO
...AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE EASTERN U.S. WINDS AND
SEAS WILL REMAIN HIGH ACROSS THE MARINE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY. AT THIS
TIME...SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW TROPICAL STORM
FORCE. HOWEVER...GUSTS TO THIS LEVEL WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM TONIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT SWELLS GENERATED BY IKE WILL BE MOVING
INTO THE WATERS DURING THIS TIME AS WELL. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY
IMPROVE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES
THE WATERS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HURRICANE IKE...ALL MARINE
INTERESTS ARE URGED TO REFER TO THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.

&&

.AVIATION...A MOIST EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW OVERNIGHT WILL ALLOW FOR
MVFR CIGS AT KTLH AND KABY OVERNIGHT. ALSO EXPECT SOME IFR CIGS AT
KVLD. ON THURSDAY...EXPECT SIMILAR WEATHER TO WEDNESDAY WITH BANDS
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING DURING THE AFTERNOON. WINDS
AT THE FL TERMINALS MAY GUST UP TO AROUND 20 KNOTS DURING THE DAY.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TALLAHASSEE  91  74  91  73  93 /  60  40  50  20  20
PANAMA CITY  90  77  88  77  90 /  50  40  60  20  20
DOTHAN       90  73  90  72  92 /  50  40  50  20  20
ALBANY       90  73  91  72  94 /  70  40  40  20  20
VALDOSTA     90  73  91  71  93 /  70  40  40  20  20
CROSS CITY   92  74  91  72  92 /  60  40  40  20  20

&&

.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
FL...HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ SATURDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: BAY...COASTAL WALTON...FRANKLIN...GULF.

     COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THURSDAY FOR
     THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BAY...COASTAL WALTON...DIXIE...JEFFERSON
     ...TAYLOR.

     COASTAL FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THURSDAY FOR
     THE FOLLOWING ZONES: FRANKLIN...GULF...WAKULLA.

GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ SATURDAY FOR THE
     GULF WATERS FROM DESTIN TO THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER OUT TO 60
     NAUTICAL MILES.

&&

LONG TERM/AVIATION/FIRE WEATHER...CAMP
REST OF DISCUSSION...JAMSKI
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 11, 5:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
600 AM EDT THU SEP 11 2008

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IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-
DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE
RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM  SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
600 AM EDT THU SEP 11 2008 /500 AM CDT THU SEP 11 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND
THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ SATURDAY
FOR BAY...COASTAL WALTON...FRANKLIN AND GULF COUNTIES...

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR
FRANKLIN...GULF AND WAKULLA COUNTIES...

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR
BAY...COASTAL WALTON...DIXIE...JEFFERSON AND TAYLOR COUNTIES...

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ SATURDAY FOR GULF
WATERS FROM DESTIN TO THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER OUT TO 60 NAUTICAL
MILES...

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON...AS TROPICAL MOISTURE SURGES
NORTHWARD IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE IKE...WHICH WILL MOVE
WEST-NORTHWEST THROUGH THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO. SEVERE WEATHER IS
NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER A FEW STRONG STORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MARINE WATERS. IN ADDITION...LARGE
SWELLS AND HIGH SURF FROM IKE WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE COAST
TODAY AND TONIGHT...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA
BEACHES. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG ONSHORE WINDS...LARGE
SWELLS...AND HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL CAUSE MINOR BEACH EROSION
AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON
FRIDAY. HURRICANE IKE WILL CONTINUE ITS WEST-NORTHWEST
MOTION...MAKING LANDFALL ALONG THE TEXAS COAST EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING. HIGH SURF WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY FOR THE PANHANDLE COAST
BEFORE CONDITIONS IMPROVE THIS WEEKEND. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK
FOR RIP CURRENTS FOR AREA BEACHES ON FRIDAY. LOWER RAIN CHANCES AND
WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS
A DEEP LAYER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN
STATES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA
OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP.

JAMSKI

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 11, 4:56 AM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
556 AM EDT THU SEP 11 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0315 AM     STORM SURGE      1 N CAPE SAN BLAS       29.68N 85.36W
09/11/2008  U0.00 FT         GULF               FL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            STATE ROAD 30E ON CAPE SAN BLAS CUT OFF DUE TO COASTAL
            FLOODING. REPORTED BY DOT CONTRACTOR THROUGH STATE
            WARNING POINT.

&&

CAMP

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.