WHUS42 KTAE 070915 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 415 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST... .STRONG WESTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL CREATE A PERIOD OF HIGH SURF ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN PANAMA CITY BEACH AND THE SOUTHERN TIP OF CAPE SAN BLAS. THIS SURF WILL PEAK THIS AFTERNOON WITH SURF HEIGHTS OF 7 TO 9 FEET LIKELY. AS THE WINDS OVER THE WATERS SUBSIDE BY SUNSET...THE SURF WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE. FLZ008-012-014-015-080000- /O.CON.KTAE.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090108T0000Z/ COASTAL WALTON-BAY-GULF-FRANKLIN- 415 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 /315 AM CST WED JAN 7 2009/ ...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. CONTINUED WESTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE REGION WILL CREATE A PERIOD OF HIGH SURF ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES. THIS SURF WILL BE HIGHEST FROM PANAMA CITY BEACH TO THE SOUTHERN TIP OF CAPE SAN BLAS. SURF HEIGHTS IN THIS AREA...ESPECIALLY FROM MEXICO BEACH TO THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CAPE...WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 7 AND 9 FEET LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED 10 TO 11 FOOT SETS POSSIBLE. SURF OF THIS HEIGHT WILL CAUSE MINOR TO MODERATE BEACH EROSION IN THE ADVISORY AREA AS WELL AS CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR OVERWASH OF VULNERABLE AREAS ALONG THE COAST AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. PORTIONS OF STATE ROAD 30E ON THE SAINT JOSEPH PENINSULA WILL ALSO BE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO THIS HIGH SURF EVENT. DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS HIGH SURF. EVERYONE...INCLUDING SURFERS AND EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER TODAY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. $$ 38-GODSEY