Coastal Flood Watch Now in Effect

{sidebar id=3}EAS Alert (Coastal Flood Watch) from WX.002 WHUS42 KTAE 301504 CCA CFWTAE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
955 AM EST MON NOV 30 2009

...A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM CAPE SAN BLAS EASTWARD 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.

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.

This information originally publsihed on November 30, 2009.

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