CFWMFL URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 611 AM EDT THU NOV 1 2007 FLZ168-011815- /O.EXP.KMFL.CF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-071101T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KMFL.CF.W.0003.071101T1011Z-071101T2200Z/ COASTAL PALM BEACH- 611 AM EDT THU NOV 1 2007 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS IN THE 25 TO 40 MPH RANGE... SEAS TO NEAR 10 TO 15 FEET NEAR SHORE... AND A MODERATE TO LARGE NORTHEAST SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN A ROUGH SURF ALONG THE PALM BEACH COAST BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE POUNDING SURF WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN EXTREME BEACH EROSION AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING OF STRUCTURES ALONG THE BEACH FRONT ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDES TODAY WILL BE FROM MIDNIGHT TO 3 PM EDT. THE THREAT WILL BE GREATEST ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN COAST OF PALM BEACH COUNTY FROM RIVIERA BEACH NORTH TO JUPITER. EXTREME BEACH EROSION HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ACROSS COASTAL PALM BEACH COUNTY... PARTICULARLY ON SINGER ISLAND... NEAR JUPITER... AND NEAR LANTANA. LARGE BREAKING WAVES OF AT LEAST TEN FEET OR HIGHER ARE LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO THE ROUGH SURF... STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE. AS A RESULT... SWIMMING OR SURFING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. LARGE BREAKING WAVES CAN QUICKLY SWEEP ONSHORE AND CATCH PEOPLE OFF GUARD. HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL. WIND ARE FORECAST TO BECOME MORE NORTHERLY TONIGHT WHICH MEANS CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE. $$