[Weather_Warnings] Coastal Flood/Heavy Surf Warning

Wed Apr 16 04:46:37 EDT 2008

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WHUS42 KJAX 160840
CFWJAX

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
440 AM EDT WED APR 16 2008

FLZ033-038-162200-
/O.CON.KJAX.CF.S.0004.000000T0000Z-080417T1200Z/
ST JOHNS-FLAGLER-
440 AM EDT WED APR 16 2008

..ROUGH SURF AND MINOR BEACH EROSION LIKELY TODAY... 
..HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY...

LOW PRESSURE OFFSHORE OF THE SOUTHEAST ATLANTIC COAST WILL
COMBINE WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO
PRODUCE STRONG NORTH NORTHEAST WINDS TODAY. THE ONSHORE FLOW FOR
SAINT JOHNS AND FLAGLER COUNTIES WILL BE PERSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE
DAY.

THIS WILL ALLOW SURF TO INCREASE ALONG AREA BEACHES TO 4 TO 6
FEET THIS MORNING AND PERSISTING ALL THE WAY INTO THE EVENING
HOURS. IN ADDITION TO THE ROUGH SURF...THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL
INCREASE AS WELL WITH A HIGH RISK DEVELOPING FOR THIS AFTERNOON.
LARGE BREAKERS CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO RIP
CURRENTS. STAY OUT OF THE WATER UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE.

FINALLY...THE INCREASING SWELL CONDITIONS ALONG WITH THE BREAKERS
WILL INCREASE THE BEACH EROSION FOR AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY
EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT EROSION THIS PAST YEAR. THE EROSION
CONCERNS WILL BE MAXIMIZED DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE WHICH ARE
LISTED BELOW.

NEXT HIGH TIDE TIMES AT SAINT AUGUSTINE...625 THIS MORNING...656
THIS EVENING...AND 714 THURSDAY MORNING.

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MKT

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