730  
WHUS52 KTAE 102223  
SMWTAE  
GMZ750-752-755-770-772-775-110130-  
/O.NEW.KTAE.MA.W.0069.240410T2223Z-240411T0130Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL  
623 PM EDT WED APR 10 2024  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...  
COASTAL WATERS FROM OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO 20  
NM...  
COASTAL WATERS FROM MEXICO BEACH TO APALACHICOLA OUT 20 NM...  
COASTAL WATERS FROM OKALOOSA-WALTON COUNTY LINE TO MEXICO BEACH OUT  
20 NM...  
WATERS FROM MEXICO BEACH TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM...  
WATERS FROM OKALOOSA-WALTON COUNTY LINE TO MEXICO BEACH FROM 20 TO  
60 NM...  
WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM...  
 
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT/830 PM CDT/.  
 
* AT 623 PM EDT/523 PM CDT/, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF  
PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14  
NM EAST OF OKALOOSA DEEP WATER REEF TO 49 NM SOUTHEAST OF ORISKANY  
REEF, MOVING EAST AT 35 KNOTS.  
 
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS.  
 
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 50 KNOTS AND  
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES. BOATS COULD SUSTAIN SIGNIFICANT  
DAMAGE OR CAPSIZE. MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING  
LIFE JACKETS. RETURN TO SAFE HARBOR IF POSSIBLE.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
MEXICO BEACH, PORT ST. JOE, EMPIRE MICA WRECK, APALACHICOLA, C  
TOWER, CAPE SAN BLAS, AND ST GEORGE ISLAND.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT/800 PM CDT/ FOR  
BIG BEND AND THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL  
WATERS.  
 
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY  
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR  
IMMEDIATELY.  
 

 
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT/800 PM CDT/ FOR  
BIG BEND AND THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL  
WATERS.  
 
LAT...LON 2962 8640 2997 8627 3027 8550 3019 8560  
3012 8536 3004 8533 2999 8540 2982 8526  
2973 8525 2976 8504 2986 8486 2981 8480  
2986 8469 2888 8489 2894 8592 2925 8640  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 247DEG 36KT 2993 8624 2938 8643  
 
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE  
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...50KTS  
 

 
 
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