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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1028 PM EST SAT JAN 3 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
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 1230 AM EST/1130 PM CST/.
* AT 1028 PM EST/928 PM CST/, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED 15 NM WEST OF EMPIRE MICA WRECK,
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER, 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.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 2860 8526 2864 8542 2924 8596 2946 8573
2900 8483 2862 8474 2859 8493 2858 8510
TIME...MOT...LOC 0328Z 307DEG 26KT 2923 8563
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
58-REESE
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