Coastal Flooding expected for AL and NW FL

[Lori]

COASTAL FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1155 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2005

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-190200-
BALDWIN COASTAL-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-MOBILE COASTAL-OKALOOSA COASTAL-
SANTA ROSA COASTAL-
1155 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2005

...A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A COASTAL FLOOD
WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD
WARNING FOR PEOPLE LIVING ALONG THE GULF COASTLINES OF MOBILE AND
BALDWIN COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND
OKALOOSA COUNTIES IN THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

HURRICANE EMILY HAS MOVED ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA AND INTO THE
SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THE VERY STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH
EMILY HAVE GENERATED WAVES OF A VERY LONG PERIOD BETWEEN CRESTS.
BUOY DATA FROM THE SOUTHERN GULF ARE INDICATING WAVE PERIODS OF UP
14 SECONDS. THESE LONG PERIOD WAVES WILL TRAVEL NORTHWARD ACROSS
THE GULF AND RESULT IN HEAVY SURF AND POSSIBLE COASTAL FLOODING
ALONG AREA BEACHES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AT THIS
TIME...WE EXPECT THE LARGER WAVES TO BEGIN ARRIVING AT THE BEACHES
AS EARLY AS 500 PM THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE IMPACTING THE
BEACHES THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THESE LARGE WAVES WILL ALSO
LIKELY RESULT IN FURTHER EROSION OF BEACHES...INCLUDING THOSE AREAS
PREVIOUSLY DAMAGED BY HURRICANE DENNIS A WEEK OR SO AGO...AND BY
TROPICAL STORMS ARLENE AND CINDY EARLIER THIS SUMMER.

THE WEST END OF DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA WILL BE PARTICULARLY
VULNERABLE TO COASTAL FLOODING. LOCAL EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT A
WAVE PERIOD OF 11 SECONDS OR GREATER CAN RESULT IN HEAVY SURF AND
WASH-OVER ON THE WEST END OF THE ISLAND...WITH WATER UNDER HOMES ON
THE WEST END. ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE COASTLINE...HEAVY SURF
SHOULD BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT THERE IS NO
PRECEDENT FOR EXTENSIVE COASTAL FLOODING WITH THIS TYPE OF EVENT.
HOWEVER...WITH THE BEACHES SEVERELY ERODED AS A RESULT OF ALL THE
RECENT TROPICAL ACTIVITY...SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING COULD BE
POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ON PARTS OF SANTA ROSA
ISLAND...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN FORT PICKENS AND NAVARRE BEACH...WHERE
WE WOULD EXPECT HEAVY SURF AND SOME WASH-UP UNDER HOMES IN AREAS
THAT HAD BEACHES ERODED BY DENNIS. AT THE VERY LEAST...HEAVY SURF
SHOULD BE EXPECTED ALONG ALL OF THE ALABAMA AND FLORIDA COASTLINES
FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS...WITH TIDE
LEVELS OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL TIDES EXPECTED. IN
ADDITION...THE RIP CURRENT THREAT WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON DUE
TO THE LARGE SWELLS MOVING NORTHWARD TOWARD AREA BEACHES.

REMEMBER...A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING MEANS COASTAL FLOODING IS LIKELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG COASTAL AREAS SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO SAFE
GROUND AND PROTECT PROPERTY IF FLOODING OCCURS.

STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

$$

[alicia-w]

http://www.veachview.com/cam.htm Destin

http://www.alohasurf.net/thecamera.htm
Pensacola Beach

http://www.beachview.com/panama_city_beach.htm
Panama City Beach

[Wnghs2007]

Wow thats some nasty surf that looks to be headed the gulf coasts way. The good thing is that Emily has weakend considerably. The lord only knows how bad it would be if the thing would have missed the Yucatan and Stayed a Category 4 Cane.

[iceangel]

http://www.alohasurf.net/thecamera.htm
Pensacola Beach

I have a different url for that camera
>> http://alohasurf.net/ .
Anyway, it is not working yet. Blown away from Hurricane Ivan. It may eventually be back though.
At the bottom of the page, An update is given.