585  
FZUS72 KTAE 031459  
MWSTAE  
 
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL  
1059 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024  
 
GMZ765-775-031545-  
/O.CON.KTAE.MA.W.0066.000000T0000Z-240403T1545Z/  
1059 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024  
   
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EDT
 
 
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...  
COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM...  
WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM...  
 
AT 1059 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS  
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 50 NM NORTHEAST OF SUWANNEE  
RIVER TO 32 NM SOUTHEAST OF S TOWER, MOVING EAST AT 25 KNOTS.  
 
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS, AND SMALL HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN QUICKLY FORM AND CAPSIZE BOATS...DAMAGE  
VESSELS...AND CREATE SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES. MAKE SURE ALL  
ON BOARD ARE IN A SECURE LOCATION AND WEARING LIFE JACKETS.  
EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS...SUDDENLY HIGHER  
WAVES...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. MAKE SURE  
ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING LIFE JACKETS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
HORSESHOE BEACH.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EDT FOR BIG BEND  
FLORIDA...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.  
 
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 2939 8313 2929 8317 2916 8354 2886 8404  
2894 8412 2869 8451 2867 8462 2881 8450  
2974 8346 2971 8339 2969 8336 2953 8334  
2943 8315  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1459Z 262DEG 26KT 2999 8260 2883 8429  
 
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE  
HAIL...<.75IN  
WIND...40KTS  
 

 
 
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