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WHUS44 KMOB 172311
CFWMOB

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
511 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE THIS EVENING THROUGH AROUND
MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY ALONG AREA BAYS AND COASTLINES...

.A STRONG GUSTY ONSHORE WIND AROUND 20 MPH WILL TO PUSH WATER LEVELS
UP TO A FOOT ABOVE THE ASTRONOMICAL PREDICTED TIDE ALONG SOME
SEAWARD FACING SHORELINES IN COASTAL COUNTIES. IN MOST CASES IT WILL
BE ONLY A HALF A FOOT...BUT WIND DRIVEN WAVES COULD CAUSE SALTWATER
SPLASHING ALONG LOW LYING COASTAL ROADWAYS WHICH COULD CAUSE LOSS OF
CONTROL OF OR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES.

ALZ063-064-FLZ002-004-006-180600-
/O.NEW.KMOB.CF.S.0001.120117T2310Z-120118T0600Z/
LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
510 PM CST TUE JAN 17 2012

* COASTAL FLOODING...LESS THAN A FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED TIDE.

* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT UNTIL WIND SHIFT TO NORTH SHORTLY AFTER
  MIDNIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...POSSIBLE SALT WATER FLOODING OF LOW LYING STREETS NEAR
  SHORE...AND POSSIBLE SALT WATER SPLASHING ON MOBILE BAY CAUSEWAY.
  THIS COULD CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL OF OR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES.
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