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Coastal Flooding Update - December 1, 2009
| Wakulla County Sheriff’s OfficeSheriff David F. HarveyContact: Scott Nelson |
15 Oak StreetCrawfordville, Florida 32327Phone (850) 926-0800
Fax (850) 926-0896
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Press Release
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
1 December 2009 1600 hours
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Coastal Flood Watch for Wakulla CountyCrawfordville, FL, December 1, 2009: Based on predictions from the National Weather Service, the Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office is asking residents along the coast to monitor for potential flooding and take steps to protect property as necessary. The National Weather Service has issued the following statement:THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING. WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL LEAD TO RISING WATER LEVELS AND COASTAL FLOODING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE FROM OCHLOCKONEE BAY EASTWARD TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER ENTRANCE.COASTAL RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT WATER LEVELS TO RISE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS. STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO GALE FORCE WILL COINCIDE WITH THE LOCALLY MIXED SEMIDIURNAL HIGH TIDES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND MAY LEAD TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF INUNDATION OVER LOW LYING AREAS ALONG PORTIONS OF THIS COAST. DUE TO THESE UNUSUALLY HIGH TIDE LEVELS. THIS WILL RESULT IN OVERALL STORM TIDES, WHICH IS THE COMBINATION OF THE WATER LEVEL RISE AND THE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE OF 5 TO 7 FEET ABOVEMEAN LOWER LOW WATER. THE FLOODING FORECAST WITH THIS EVENT ISSLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE FLOODING THAT OCCURRED IN 2007 DURINGHURRICANE GUSTAV. BELOW ARE SELECTED TIMES OF HIGH AND LOW TIDE ON WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 2ND SAINT MARKS...LOW TIDE...717 AM...HIGH TIDE 202 PM AND 1235 AM
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