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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
919 AM EDT SAT MAY 23 2026
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...
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 1115 AM EDT/1015 AM CDT/.
* AT 919 AM EDT/819 AM CDT/, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 NM
NORTH OF C TOWER TO 8 NM EAST OF EMPIRE MICA WRECK. THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.
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...
C TOWER, ST GEORGE ISLAND, AND O TOWER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS, SMALL HAIL, HIGH WAVES, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING,
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 2969 8450 2917 8473 2919 8535 2970 8494
TIME...MOT...LOC 1319Z 240DEG 5KT 2952 8485 2926 8520
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...40KTS
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