CFWMOB COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 601 AM CDT THU AUG 12 2010 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT FRIDAY... ...TIDES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... .THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE COMBINED WITH A BROAD UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TRACKING WEST ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE WAY TO A MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE WIND ACROSS THE REGION...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND SURF CONDITIONS ALONG WITH TIDES 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE PREDICATED LEVELS THROUGH FRIDAY. ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-122100- /O.CON.KMOB.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-100813T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMOB.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-100813T1500Z/ LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- COASTAL OKALOOSA- 601 AM CDT THU AUG 12 2010 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT FRIDAY... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT FRIDAY. ...TIDES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH FRIDAY... THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE COMBINED WITH A BROAD UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TRACKING WEST ALONG THE CENTRAL GULF COAST WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE WAY TO A MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE WIND FLOW ACROSS THE REGION...RESULTING IN DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND SURF CONDITIONS ALONG WITH TIDES 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE PREDICATED LEVELS THROUGH FRIDAY. THE HIGH SURF WILL LIKELY BRING MINOR BEACH EROSION TO AREA BEACHES. NUISANCE COASTAL FLOODING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED RESULTING IN MINOR FLOODING ALONG THE SHORES OF AREA BAYS...RIVERS AND SOUNDS. LOCATIONS MOST PRONE TO MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ARE... THE WEST END OF DAUPHIN ISLAND... ALONG THE CAUSEWAY BETWEEN BALDWIN AND MOBILE COUNTIES... DAUPHIN ISLAND PARKWAY NEAR THE MOUTH OF DOG RIVER... SOME AREAS NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND IN BAYOU LA BATRE AND CODEN... AND FORT PICKENS STATE PARK WEST OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...BRINGING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING ON ROADS THAT EXPERIENCE FLOODING FROM HIGH TIDES. && $$