FIRE WEATHER WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 136 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
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...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.
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HIGH SURF ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 425 AM CST FRI DEC 25 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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