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Beach Runner

Beach Runner

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High Surf Advisory - COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR COASTAL WALTON COUNTY VALID FROM FRI OCT 21 2005 03:12 AM EDT UNTIL FRI OCT 21 2005
11:15 AM EDT. /X.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0001.051021T1200Z-051022T0900Z/ COASTAL
WALTON-BAY-GULF-FRANKLIN-JEFFERSON-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-DIXIE- 212 AM CDT FRI OCT
21 2005 /312 AM EDT FRI OCT 21 2005/ ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 5 AM EDT /4 AM CDT/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 5 AM EDT /4 AM CDT/ SATURDAY. INTENSE HURRICANE WILMA LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF COZUMEL MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST LATER TODAY.
LARGE SWELLS GENERATED BY THE HURRICANE HAVE MOVED NORTH THROUGH THE YUCATAN CHANNEL AND INTO THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO AS CONFIRMED BY BUOY
42003 LOCATED IN THE EASTERN GULF. THESE SWELLS WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE LOCAL WATERS LATER TODAY. AS THESE LONG PERIOD WAVES CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH...HIGH SURF IS LIKELY ALONG AREA BEACHES BEGINNING LATER TODAY...INITIALLY THE PANHANDLE BEACHES BEFORE SPREADING EAST TO THE BIG BEND BEACHES. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST SEVERAL DAYS.
THEREFORE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR THE PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES OF FLORIDA. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION...AS WELL AS THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME OVERWASH AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IN SOME LOWER LYING LOCATIONS ALONG THE IMPACTED BEACHES.
 
Miss Kitty sez...HANG TEN and USE your TAIL!!!!
 
STL Don said:
Beaches are now closed--double red flags--due to rip current conditions.
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Oh man, STL Don...we saw those flags at lunch! I have been skeered to go to the beach because of RT, but would love to see the gulf....it has been SOOO calm lately. Calm before a storm somewhere else!!!
 
Beaches are open but water is closed.

Surf is high near shore but very calm beyond that. It is strange out there today. No wind and so no bother from Red Tide. I wouldn't want to be swimming in it though.


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kurt said:
Beaches are open but water is closed.

Surf is high near shore but very calm beyond that. It is strange out there today. No wind and so no bother from Red Tide. I wouldn't want to be swimming in it though.
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The notice I saw said that all water activities are prohibited and the beaches are closed per Walton County Emergency Response Division.
 
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STL Don said:
The notice I saw said that all water activities are prohibited and the beaches are closed per Walton County Emergency Response Division.
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Right. That release is a little confusing so I called to verify. The beaches are not closed, but stay out of the water. ;-)
 
kurt said:
Right. That release is a little confusing so I called to verify. The beaches are not closed, but stay out of the water. ;-)
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Pictures please. Take pictures Kurtie!
 
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