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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
121 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE
RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM...
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 SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM...
WATERS FROM MEXICO BEACH TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM...
WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL 415 PM EST/315 PM CST/.
* AT 121 PM EST/1221 PM CST/, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13
NM SOUTHEAST OF ST. MARKS TO NEAR V TOWER TO 38 NM SOUTH OF EMPIRE
MICA WRECK, MOVING EAST AT 25 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
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...
BUCKEYE REEF, O TOWER, K TOWER, S TOWER, V TOWER, HORSESHOE BEACH,
C TOWER, AND MARKER 24 BARGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST/300 PM CST/ FOR
BIG BEND FLORIDA...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
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 400 PM EST/300 PM CST/ FOR
BIG BEND FLORIDA...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
LAT...LON 2929 8317 2916 8354 2885 8405 2894 8412
2869 8451 2862 8472 2859 8521 2875 8563
2959 8483 2979 8440 3013 8410 3017 8401
3004 8383 3004 8375 2979 8353 2969 8336
2953 8334 2940 8313
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 287DEG 25KT 3007 8397 2946 8440 2867 8539
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
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