631  
WHUS52 KTAE 081957  
SMWTAE  
GMZ751-752-755-772-775-082130-  
/O.NEW.KTAE.MA.W.0078.250508T1957Z-250508T2130Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL  
357 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025  
 
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 SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM...  
 
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT/430 PM CDT/.  
 
* AT 357 PM EDT/257 PM CDT/, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 NM SOUTHWEST OF PORT ST. JOE TO NEAR  
EMPIRE MICA WRECK TO 34 NM WEST OF C TOWER, MOVING EAST AT 20  
KNOTS.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER AND SMALL HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...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...  
EMPIRE MICA WRECK, APALACHICOLA, C TOWER, CAPE SAN BLAS, ST GEORGE  
ISLAND, AND PORT ST. JOE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF CAUGHT ON THE  
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED  
METAL OBJECTS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 2866 8548 2872 8562 2877 8581 2882 8593  
2902 8578 2921 8567 2943 8559 2957 8557  
2972 8549 2990 8533 2982 8526 2973 8525  
2976 8504 2985 8488 2978 8470 2933 8467  
2896 8488 2859 8517  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 270DEG 22KT 2966 8546 2940 8536 2921 8549 2871  
8608  
 
HAIL...<.75IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 
 
 
02-MONTGOMERY  
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