LAKE WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 403 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
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...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/
THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A LAKE
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING.
A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED OVER EASTERN TEXAS EARLY
THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST
INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY THIS EVENING. THIS POWERFUL
STORM WILL GENERATE SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH
FREQUENT GUSTS TO 25 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF ALABAMA AND GEORGIA...
WITH EVEN STRONGER WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35
MPH OVER NORTH FLORIDA...WITH THE HIGHEST WINDS NEAR THE COAST.
THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON
AREA LAKES TODAY...WHICH WILL BE FURTHER AMPLIFIED BY THE INCREASING
CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
REGION THIS AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.
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HIGH SURF ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 425 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM
CST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH
SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST
FRIDAY.
STRONG WINDS OUT AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
CAUSE SURF TO BUILD RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA BEACHES TODAY...WITH
BREAKING WAVES REACHING AS HIGH AS 5 TO 7 FEET AT THE WALTON AND
WESTERN BAY COUNTY SHORE LINES THIS AFTERNOON. SURF HEIGHTS ARE
EXPECTED TO PEAK IN THE 7 TO 9 FOOT RANGE WITH HIGHER SETS OVER
THESE SAME AREAS TONIGHT...BEFORE SUBSIDING BACK TO 5 TO 7 FEET
WITH HIGHER SETS ON FRIDAY. THIS HIGH SURF WILL CREATE EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS...AND EVEN THE MOST EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS
AND SURFERS ARE ADVISED TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER. ALSO...SOME
MINOR BEACH EROSION WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE HIGH SURF...BUT
TIDAL DEPARTURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN QUITE LOW WHICH SHOULD
PROHIBIT ANY MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING...WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION
OF THE MORE VULNERABLE ROADS SUCH AS STATE ROAD 30E WHICH LEADS TO
THE SAINT JOSEPH`S STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED
BEACH EROSION.
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