WHUS44 KMOB 180148 CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 848 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2009 ...THE COASTAL FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED... .THE RISK OF COASTAL FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED FOR THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT PERIOD. THE ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE HAS PASSED AND WATER LEVELS WILL BE FALLING OVERNIGHT...BUT WILL REMAIN AROUND A FOOT ABOVE NORMAL. EASTERLY WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUST WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. HIGH TIDE SATURDAY WILL BE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ONCE AGAIN BUT SHOULD REMAIN LESS THAN A FOOT AND A HALF ABOVE NORMAL. THE WINDS AND HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS DID RESULT IN A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-180300- /O.CAN.KMOB.CF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-090419T1500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 848 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2009 ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE COASTAL FLOOD WATCH. COASTAL FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED...WATER LEVELS WILL REMAIN AROUND A FOOT ABOVE NORMAL IN THE NORTHERN END OF THE BAYS AND ALONG EAST FACING BEACHES. $$