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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
546 AM CDT THU MAY 29 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM MEXICO BEACH TO APALACHICOLA OUT 20 NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM OKALOOSA-WALTON COUNTY LINE TO MEXICO BEACH OUT
20 NM...
ST. ANDREWS BAY WATERWAYS...
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...
* UNTIL 745 AM CDT.
* AT 546 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 NM EAST OF
HIGHWAY 331 BRIDGE TO 10 NM SOUTHWEST OF PANAMA CITY BEACH TO 46 NM
SOUTH OF OKALOOSA DEEP WATER REEF, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS TO NEARLY 50 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...
MEXICO BEACH, PANAMA CITY BEACH, APALACHICOLA, LAGUNA BEACH, EMPIRE
MICA WRECK, CAPE SAN BLAS, AND PORT ST. JOE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
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 2978 8640 3034 8614 3026 8589 3033 8572
3031 8570 3037 8562 3030 8548 3019 8560
3012 8536 2999 8541 2973 8525 2975 8499
2930 8498 2864 8544 2889 8606 2925 8640
TIME...MOT...LOC 1046Z 305DEG 29KT 3041 8578 3005 8595 2919 8655
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...49KTS
21-HANER
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