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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
859 AM EDT THU AUG 27 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...
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 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 1100 AM EDT/1000 AM CDT/.
* AT 857 AM EDT/757 AM CDT/, WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE
LOCATED ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF AND APALACHEE BAY. THESE
INDIVIDUAL STORMS, CAPABLE OF 25 TO 35 KNOT WIND GUSTS AND
POSSIBLY WATERSPOUTS, WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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, S TOWER, EMPIRE MICA WRECK, CAPE SAN BLAS,
ST GEORGE ISLAND, K TOWER, PORT ST. JOE, V TOWER, HORSESHOE BEACH,
APALACHICOLA, C TOWER, MARKER 24 BARGE, AND MEXICO BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 2883 8594 2916 8634 2995 8539 2982 8526
2973 8525 2976 8504 2986 8486 2981 8480
2995 8450 3011 8439 3015 8425 3016 8400
2969 8336 2953 8334 2945 8316 2918 8349
2885 8405 2894 8412 2870 8449 2859 8520
TIME...MOT...LOC 1257Z 221DEG 13KT 2931 8497
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
21-WD
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