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Tornado Watch
 Issued: 405 AM EST WED DEC 02 2009
 Expires: 1100 AM EST WED DEC 02 2009
 
Hazardous Weather Outlook
 Issued: 735 PM EST TUE DEC 01 2009
 Expires: 745 PM EST WED DEC 02 2009
 
Coastal Flood Warning
 Issued: 357 PM EST TUE DEC 01 2009
 Expires: 700 AM EST THU DEC 03 2009
 
High Surf Advisory
 Issued: 503 AM EST TUE DEC 01 2009
 Expires: 100 AM EST THU DEC 03 2009
 
Flash Flood Watch
 Issued: 420 AM EST TUE DEC 01 2009
 Expires: 100 AM EST THU DEC 03 2009
 
Coastal Flood Watch
 Issued: 443 AM EST MON NOV 30 2009
 Expires: 700 AM EST THU DEC 03 2009
 
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TORNADO WATCH
Issue Date: 405 AM EST WED DEC 02 2009
Expiration: 1100 AM EST WED DEC 02 2009

TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 787
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
310 AM CST WED DEC 2 2009
TORNADO WATCH 787 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
FLC005-013-033-037-039-045-059-063-073-077-091-113-129-131-133-
021600-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0787.091202T0910Z-091202T1600Z/
FL
.    FLORIDA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BAY                  CALHOUN             ESCAMBIA
FRANKLIN             GADSDEN             GULF
HOLMES               JACKSON             LEON
LIBERTY              OKALOOSA            SANTA ROSA
WAKULLA              WALTON              WASHINGTON
$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 735 PM EST TUE DEC 01 2009
Expiration: 745 PM EST WED DEC 02 2009

/631 PM CST TUE DEC 1 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND
AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...
A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE
LOCAL REGION AND INCREASINGLY SPREAD AN AREA OF RAIN FROM NORTHWEST
TO SOUTHEAST UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. THEN...AS A WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY
LIFTS NORTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO
SOUTH AND RAPIDLY INCREASE TO UP TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS NEAR
THE COAST...15 TO 20 MPH ELSEWHERE. THE POTENTIAL WILL ALSO
INCREASE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND EVEN SEVERE WEATHER ALONG THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST AND POSSIBLY SPREADING AS FAR NORTH AS
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA. THE PREDOMINANT THREAT WITH ANY
STORMS MOVING ASHORE WILL BE ISOLATED TORNADOES AND DAMAGING
WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN INDUCE LOCALIZED...AND POSSIBLY
WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION...BUT ESPECIALLY
OVER THE PANHANDLE. INCREASING ONSHORE WINDS WILL LIKELY GENERATE
HIGH SURF AND BEACH EROSION ESPECIALLY FROM WALTON EAST THROUGH
BAY AND GULF COUNTIES.
WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE WITH GALE FORCE
WINDS OR GUSTS ACROSS THE PANHANDLE WATERS SPREADING EAST INTO THE
WESTERN APALACHEE BAY AROUND SUNRISE. EXPECT NEARSHORE WINDS
INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS AND SEAS BUILDING TO
10 TO 15 FEET LATE...ESPECIALLY WELL OFFSHORE IN THE PANHANDLE
WATERS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
THIS SAME STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION ON
WEDNESDAY. A SWATH OF VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ANTICIPATED WITH THIS
SYSTEM. RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT COULD REACH 6 OR
MORE INCHES IN SOME AREAS AND AS A RESULT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PORTION OF THE REGION. IN ADDITION VERY
STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS
BEGINNING EARLY WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY. AS A
RESULT A GALE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS TIME PERIOD. THESE
WINDS WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS MARINE CONDITIONS...AS WELL AS
THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH SURF...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS...BEACH
EROSION...AND COASTAL FLOODING.
BASED ON THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK OF THE STORM...STORM TIDES
OF 4 TO 7 FEET ARE EXPECTED FROM WAKULLA COUNTY EASTWARD DURING
THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE BOTH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. STORM TIDES OF 3 TO 4 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM FRANKLIN
COUNTY WESTWARD. WHILE STORM TIDES MAY NOT BE AS HIGH ALONG THE
PANHANDLE COASTLINE...LARGE AND BATTERING SURF IS EXPECTED...WHICH
MAY RESULT IN BEACH EROSION AND WASH OUT VULNERABLE COASTAL
ROADWAYS.
AS THE LOW PRESSURE AREA APPROACHES AND THEN MOVES NORTH OF THE
FORECAST AREA ON WEDNESDAY...A MODESTLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS IS
ANTICIPATED TO MOVE INLAND. THIS INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE WITH
STRONG WIND SHEAR TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SQUALL LINE OF
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THIS SCENARIO. THIS SQUALL LINE SHOULD EXIT EAST OF THE
REGION DURING WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT AND
CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY.
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.
$$

COASTAL FLOOD WARNING
Issue Date: 357 PM EST TUE DEC 01 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST THU DEC 03 2009

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FROM
WALTON COUNTY TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER...
...HIGH SURF WARNING TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR
WALTON...BAY AND GULF COUNTIES...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR
FRANKLIN COUNTY...
.A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS
THE CENTRAL GULF COAST TONIGHT. WINDS WILL VEER FROM EAST TO SOUTH
TONIGHT AND INCREASE...REACHING GALE FORCE LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
MORNING. THESE STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL PILE WATER INTO APALACHEE
BAY AND GENERATE HIGH SURF ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST.
FLZ015-021200-
/O.CON.KTAE.CF.W.0002.091202T0000Z-091203T1200Z/
/O.CON.KTAE.SU.Y.0010.091202T0600Z-091203T0600Z/
FRANKLIN-
357 PM EST TUE DEC 1 2009
...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO
1 AM EST THURSDAY...
THE SURF WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...REACHING 4 TO 6 FEET WEDNESDAY...WITH HIGHER SETS UP TO
8 FEET POSSIBLE. THE RUN UP FROM THESE LARGE BREAKING WAVE MAY
CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND COASTAL FLOODING...INUNDATING VULNERABLE
COASTAL ROADS. WATER LEVELS WILL BE 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL
TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH MAXIMUM TIDES REACHING 3 TO
4 FEET.
BELOW ARE SELECTED TIMES OF HIGH AND LOW TIDE ON WEDNESDAY
DECEMBER 2ND AND THURSDAY DECEMBER 3RD...
BELOW ARE SELECTED TIMES OF HIGH AND LOW TIDE ON WEDNESDAY
DECEMBER 2ND AND THURSDAY DECEMBER 3RD...
APALACHICOLA...LOW TIDE AT 1011 AM...HIGH TIDE AT 622 PM...
AND 208 AM THURSDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 TO PROTECT LIFE
AND PROPERTY.
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING MINOR TO MODERATE BEACH EROSION AND
RIP CURRENTS.
&&
$$

HIGH SURF ADVISORY
Issue Date: 503 AM EST TUE DEC 01 2009
Expiration: 100 AM EST THU DEC 03 2009

...A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WALTON COUNTY
EASTWARD TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER FROM 6 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING TO 6
AM THURSDAY MORNING...
...A HIGH SURF WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST (MIDNIGHT
CST) WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY (MIDNIGHT CST)
THURSDAY MORNING FOR WALTON...BAY AND GULF COUNTIES...
...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY
UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY...
.A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE
NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO TODAY AND TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
CENTRAL GULF COAST TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS
WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY AND INCREASE TO NEAR GALE FORCE LEVELS
BETWEEN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN GULF
OF MEXICO. THESE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE PERIODS OF
COASTAL FLOODING AND VERY HIGH SURF ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST.
FLZ015-020000-
/O.UPG.KTAE.CF.A.0002.091202T0000Z-091203T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.CF.W.0002.091202T0000Z-091203T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0010.091202T0600Z-091203T0600Z/
FRANKLIN-
503 AM EST TUE DEC 1 2009
...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM
EST THURSDAY...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST
THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM
EST THURSDAY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS
HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST
THURSDAY.
STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING
OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL LEAD TO RISING WATER LEVELS
AND COASTAL FLOODING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE
IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THESE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE
VERY HIGH SURF ALONG AREA BEACHES OF FRANKLIN COUNTY THAT WILL
LIKELY CAUSE MODERATE BEACH EROSION AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE.
FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY...COASTAL RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT LARGE
SURF...BEACH EROSION...AND WATER LEVELS AS HIGH AS 3 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL TIDE LEVELS FROM CARRABELLE WESTWARD TO INDIAN PASS. FROM
CARRABELLE EASTWARD TO OCHLOCKONEE BAY...TIDE LEVELS MAY RISE AS
MUCH AS 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.
IN ADDITION TO THE COASTAL FLOOD THREAT...HIGH SURF WILL BEGIN TO
IMPACT THE BEACHES OF FRANKLIN COUNTY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND
THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. SURF HEIGHTS WILL BUILD TO 6 TO 8
FEET DURING THE STRONGEST ONSHORE WINDS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
WITH THIS HIGHEST SURF OCCURRING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH
TIDE...MODERATE BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON SAINT
GEORGE ISLAND.
BELOW ARE SELECTED TIMES OF HIGH AND LOW TIDE ON WEDNESDAY
DECEMBER 2ND AND THURSDAY DECEMBER 3RD...
APALACHICOLA...LOW TIDE AT 1011 AM...HIGH TIDE AT 622 PM AND
208 AM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY.
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING MINOR TO MODERATE BEACH EROSION AND RIP
CURRENTS.
$$

FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 420 AM EST TUE DEC 01 2009
Expiration: 100 AM EST THU DEC 03 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST (9 PM CST)
THIS EVENING UNTIL 1 AM EST (MIDNIGHT CST) THURSDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE SOUTHWESTERN
GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND...
ALZ065>069-FLZ007>018-026-027-GAZ120>127-142>146-155>158-021100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.FF.A.0003.091202T0300Z-091203T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-
HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-
JEFFERSON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-QUITMAN-CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-
LEE-WORTH-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-SEMINOLE-DECATUR-
GRADY-THOMAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ENTERPRISE...OZARK...FORT RUCKER...
DALEVILLE...HEADLAND...ABBEVILLE...GENEVA...HARTFORD...SAMSON...
SLOCOMB...MALVERN...TAYLOR...ASHFORD...KINSEY...COWARTS...WEBB...
COTTONWOOD...REHOBETH...DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...INWOOD...HUDSON...
BONIFAY...CRYSTAL LAKE...CHIPLEY...FIVE POINTS...MARIANNA...
GRACEVILLE...MALONE...SNEADS...PANAMA CITY...CALLAWAY...
LYNN HAVEN...UPPER GRAND LAGOON...BLOUNTSTOWN...WHITE CITY...
PORT ST. JOE...WEWAHITCHKA...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE...QUINCY...
CHATTAHOOCHEE...TALLAHASSEE...SPRING HILL...MONTICELLO...
SWEETWATER...SOPCHOPPY...ST. MARKS...GEORGETOWN...FORT GAINES...
CUTHBERT...SHELLMAN...ARLINGTON...MORGAN...EDISON...LEARY...
DAWSON...ALBANY...LEESBURG...SMITHVILLE...SYLVESTER...
DOUGLASVILLE...BLAKELY...COLQUITT...NEWTON...CAMILLA...PELHAM...
MOULTRIE...DONALSONVILLE...BAINBRIDGE...CAIRO...THOMASVILLE
420 AM EST TUE DEC 1 2009 /320 AM CST TUE DEC 1 2009/
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...FLORIDA
AND GEORGIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA...COFFEE...DALE...GENEVA...HENRY AND HOUSTON. IN
FLORIDA...BAY...CALHOUN...COASTAL WALTON...FRANKLIN...
GADSDEN...GULF...HOLMES...INLAND WALTON...JACKSON...
JEFFERSON...LEON...LIBERTY...WAKULLA AND WASHINGTON. IN
GEORGIA...BAKER...CALHOUN...CLAY...COLQUITT...DECATUR...
DOUGHERTY...EARLY...GRADY...LEE...MILLER...MITCHELL...
QUITMAN...RANDOLPH...SEMINOLE...TERRELL...THOMAS AND WORTH.
* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
* HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT
AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF A STRONG AREA
OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE HEAVIEST ALONG AND WEST OF A
LINE FROM ALBANY TO TALLAHASSEE. IN THESE LOCATIONS ACROSS
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...STORM
TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. FURTHER WEST...LESSER
AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN
GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND.
* AS SOME OF THIS RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN A VERY SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR FLASH FLOODING IN
URBANIZED OR POORLY DRAINING AREAS ON WEDNESDAY AS A SQUALL LINE
MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WHICH
COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OF URBANIZED OR LOW LYING AREAS. NEVER
ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH AN AREA THAT IS FLOODED. THE DEPTH OF THE
WATER MAY BE TOO GREAT FOR YOUR CAR TO PASS SAFELY.
REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN.
MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
$$
GODSEY

COASTAL FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 443 AM EST MON NOV 30 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST THU DEC 03 2009

...A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM CAPE SAN BLAS
WESTWARD TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER ENTRANCE FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING TO
THURSDAY MORNING...
.A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE
WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AS THIS AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE TRACKS EASTWARD TOWARD OUR REGION...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO
INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST. AS THESE WINDS TURN MORE ONSHORE ON
WEDNESDAY MORNING...THE POTENTIAL WILL INCREASE FOR MODERATE TO
MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AROUND THE
TIME OF HIGH TIDE...ESPECIALLY FROM THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER ENTRANCE
EASTWARD TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER ENTRANCE.
FLZ018-027-028-034-302315-
/O.NEW.KTAE.CF.A.0002.091202T1200Z-091203T1200Z/
JEFFERSON-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-DIXIE-
443 AM EST MON NOV 30 2009
...A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.
STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE GULF OF
MEXICO ON TUESDAY EVENING. THESE SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO
KEEP WATER LEVELS ELEVATED ALONG THE COASTLINE OF APALACHEE BAY. THE
MAGNITUDE OF THESE WINDS WILL INCREASE ON WEDNESDAY MORNING AND
AFTERNOON AND COINCIDE WITH THE NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE. THE
FORECAST LOW TIDE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IS ONLY SLIGHTLY LOWER
THAN THE HIGH TIDE IN MANY PLACES...BECAUSE THE STRONGEST ONSHORE
WINDS WILL OCCUR DURING THIS LOW AMPLITUDE TIDE RANGE...A
PROLONGED PERIOD OF INUNDATION OF LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE COAST
IS POSSIBLE.
AT THIS TIME A PREDICTED STORM SURGE OF 2 TO 4 FEET IS POSSIBLE
FROM OCHLOCKONEE BAY EASTWARD TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER ENTRANCE. THIS
STORM SURGE COMBINED WITH THE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WILL RESULT IN
A MAXIMUM STORM TIDE OF 5 TO 7 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER.
REMEMBER...STORM TIDE IS THE COMBINATION OF THE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE
AND STORM SURGE.
BELOW ARE SELECTED TIMES OF HIGH AND LOW TIDE ON WEDNESDAY
DECEMBER 2ND...
SAINT MARKS...LOW TIDE...717 AM...HIGH TIDE 202 PM AND 1235 AM
THURSDAY.
STEINHATCHEE RIVER ENTRANCE...LOW TIDE 618 AM...HIGH TIDE 1259 PM
AND 1142 PM.
SUWANNEE RIVER ENTRANCE...LOW TIDE 636 AM...HIGH TIDE 103 PM AND
1146 PM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR
FLOODING ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. COASTAL RESIDENTS SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS...AND TAKE ACTION TO
PROTECT PROPERTY.
$$
GODSEY

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