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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1151 PM EDT TUE AUG 18 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 SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL 115 AM EDT/1215 AM CDT/.
* AT 1151 PM EDT/1051 PM CDT/, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 32
NM SOUTH OF EMPIRE MICA WRECK, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
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.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.
LAT...LON 2860 8526 2864 8545 2883 8593 2901 8584
2893 8497 2865 8464 2860 8484
TIME...MOT...LOC 0351Z 320DEG 26KT 2878 8551
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
IG3
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