Weather Hazards for Cedar Key, FL
www.srh.noaa.gov Coastal Flood Statement
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
233 PM EDT SAT APR 14 2007 ...INCREASING TIDES OVERNIGHT AND A BRIEF SURGE POSSIBLE EARLY SUNDAY FOLLOWED BY DANGEROUS SURF... .INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE MOVING FROM THE DEEP SOUTH THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION SUNDAY WILL SWEEP A STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS THE FLORIDA GULF COAST SUNDAY MORNING. PRECEDING THE FRONT...INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL BRING SLIGHTLY ABOVE
NORMAL TIDES...AND GUSTY WEST WINDS ALONG AND BEHIND THE SQUALL LINE COULD SLOSH WATER INTO FLOOD PRONE AREAS ALONG THE SUNCOAST EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. FOLLOWING THE FRONT...SURF WILL BECOME ROUGH AND CONFUSED. ...RUN UP OR OVERWASH POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY... TIDES WILL CONTINUE GRADUALLY INCREASING TONIGHT WITH LEVELS
REACHING ONE TO TWO FEET ABOVE NORMAL AT TIME OF HIGH TIDE VERY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. A SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE AREA BETWEEN 3 AND 6 AM...AND THERE IS A CHANCE FOR A BRIEF SURGE OF WATER ESPECIALLY ALONG WEST FACING SHORELINES FROM YANKEETOWN NORTHWARD. THIS SURGE WOULD BE 3 TO 5 FEET...WHICH COULD CAUSE MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING IN PRONE AREAS. TIDES WILL REMAIN 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL...EXCEPT UP TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ALONG WEST FACING SHORELINES...THROUGH MID MORNING BEFORE WINDS BECOME MORE NORTHWEST AND ALLOW TIDES TO RUN OUT RAPIDLY. ROUGH AND CONFUSED SURF WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONG WEST TO
NORTHWEST WINDS LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. | 
