Surge of higher water directly lined up with the time of high tide in Apalachee Bay.
Posted by AlligatorPointer on 12/1/2009, 10:54 am

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
335 AM EST TUE DEC 1 2009


NOW FOR COASTAL EFFECTS...VERY LITTLE HAS CHANGED WITH THE THINKING
FOR COASTAL FLOODING OR HIGH SURF WITH THIS SYSTEM. STRONG ONSHORE
WINDS WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE MARINE AREA ON TUESDAY EVENING AND BEGIN
TO CREATE HIGH SURF. AS THESE WINDS TURN FULLY ONSHORE BY 12
WEDNESDAY...A 12 HOUR PERIOD OF NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS WILL KEEP
WATER LEVELS CONSIDERABLY ELEVATED AND PRODUCE A PERIOD OF
INUNDATION AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. WHILE THE BEST SURGE OF
HIGHER WATER APPEARS TO LINE UP WITH THE TIMES OF LOW TIDE WEST OF
GULF COUNTY...IT IS DIRECTLY LINED UP WITH THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE IN
APALACHEE BAY. THUS...MODERATE FLOODING IS POSSIBLE FROM FRANKLIN
COUNTY EASTWARD TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER ENTRANCE. OVERALL SURGE VALUES
STILL LOOK TO PEAK AROUND 4 FEET...THOUGH HIGHER AMOUNTS COULD
INDEED BE POSSIBLE. THUS OVERALL STORM TIDES BETWEEN DOG ISLAND AND
THE SUWANNEE RIVER ENTRANCE COULD REACH AS HIGH AS 7 TO 9 FEET

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