000 WHUS42 KTBW 290728 CFWTBW BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL 328 AM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 FLZ039-042-291800- /X.UPG.KTBW.CF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-050831T0000Z/ /X.NEW.KTBW.CF.W.0001.050829T0728Z-050830T0900Z/ /X.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-050830T1100Z/ LEVY-CITRUS- 328 AM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT TUESDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT TUESDAY. THE COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT TUESDAY. POWERFUL HURRICANE KATRINA WILL MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST THIS MORNING. AS KATRINA CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH...LARGE SWELLS FROM KATRINA WILL INCREASE WAVE ACTION ALONG THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA WHICH WILL RESULT IN INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS AND ROUGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND AN INCREASED THREAT OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND UNDERTOW. AS THE WINDS SHIFT TO THE SOUTH AND BECOME MORE ONSHORE OVER WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO THIS MORNING...WATER WILL PILE UP ALONG COASTAL AREAS THROUGH THE DAY WITH WATER LEVELS TODAY AND TONIGHT ABOUT 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDES ALONG THE LEVY COUNTY COAST...AND 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDES ALONG THE CITRUS COUNTY COAST. THE MOST SEVERE COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE WHICH IS AROUND 10 AM MONDAY MORNING AND MIDNIGHT TO 1 AM TOMORROW NIGHT. ON TOP OF THE HIGH WATER WILL BE 1 TO 3 FOOT WAVE ACTION. WATER WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE MONDAY NIGHT AS WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM THE SOUTHWEST WHICH WILL HOLD WATER LEVELS UP OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF. A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR WITHIN 12 HOURS. TAKE FINAL ACTIONS NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED LIFEGUARD WARNINGS. $$ FLZ048>051-055-060-062-065-291800- /X.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-050830T1100Z/ /X.CON.KTBW.CF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-050831T0000Z/ HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE- LEE- 328 AM EDT MON AUG 29 2005 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT TUESDAY... ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING... A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING FOR LEVY...CITRUS...HERNANDO...PASCO...HILLSBOROUGH...PINELLAS...MANATEE... SARASOTA...CHARLOTTE...AND LEE COUNTIES. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR THE COASTLINE OF LEVY... CITRUS...HERNANDO...PASCO AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES AND THE BEACHES OF PINELLAS...MANATEE...SARASOTA...CHARLOTTE...AND LEE COUNTIES. POWERFUL HURRICANE KATRINA WILL MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST THIS MORNING. AS KATRINA MOVES NORTH...THE COASTAL WATERS ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST WILL REMAIN QUITE HAZARDOUS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ROUGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...AND NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. THE WINDS WILL TURN TO THE SOUTH...THEN WILL BECOME MORE ONSHORE AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. THE PUSH OF WATER FROM THE WEST MAY RESULT IN WATER LEVELS SEVERAL FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS. A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF INUNDATION OF LAND AREAS BY THE GULF WATERS ABOVE NORMAL TIDAL ACTION. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...STRONG UNDERTOW...AND RIP CURRENTS. BEACHGOERS ARE URGED TO HEED LIFEGUARD WARNINGS. A RIP CURRENT IS A 10 TO 30 YARD WIDE CHANNEL OF WATER THAT CAN PULL EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER. TO AVOID GETTING CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM AT GUARDED BEACHES AND HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL. AT UNGUARDED BEACHES AND NEAR PIERS...JETTIES...AND INLETS...DO NOT GO INTO THE SURF MUCH ABOVE YOUR KNEES. IF CAUGHT IN THE SEAWARD PULL OF A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO MOVE DIRECTLY TOWARD SHORE. INSTEAD...MOVE SIDEWAYS ACROSS THE RIP CURRENT UNTIL THE PULL EASES. ANOTHER METHOD OF ESCAPE IS TO LET THE RIP CURRENT PULL YOU SEAWARD 50 TO 100 YARDS...WHERE THE FORCE WEAKENS. THEN...SWIM TOWARD THE BEACH AT AN ANGLE AWAY FROM THE CURRENT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$