488  
WHUS72 KTAE 081754  
MWWTAE  
 
URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL  
154 PM EDT MON SEP 8 2025  
 
GMZ730-755-765-775-090200-  
/O.NEW.KTAE.SC.Y.0033.250908T2100Z-250909T1800Z/  
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 SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH FL OUT 20 NM-  
WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-  
154 PM EDT MON SEP 8 2025  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO  
2 PM EDT TUESDAY...  
 
* WHAT...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KT EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...NEARSHORE GULF WATERS FROM THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO  
THE SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 NAUTICAL MILES, COASTAL WATERS FROM  
OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO 20 NM, AND WATERS  
FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 PM EDT TUESDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20  
TO 33 KNOTS, OR SEAS OF 7 FEET OR GREATER, ARE EXPECTED TO  
PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. THESE HAZARDOUS  
CONDITIONS MAY RESULT IN POOR VESSEL HANDLING AND STEERING  
RESPONSE, BROACHING, OVERTURNED DINGHIES AND KAYAKS, SLIPS AND  
FALLS ON SLIPPERY DECKS, RUB DAMAGE ALONG DOCKS AND SEAWALLS,  
AND DRAGGING ANCHORS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET, OCCASIONALLY TO 6 FEET.  
ANOTHER SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TUESDAY NIGHT  
INTO WEDNESDAY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER  
VESSELS, SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.  
 

 
 

 
 
GMZ751-752-770-772-090200-  
/O.NEW.KTAE.SC.Y.0033.250909T0000Z-250909T2100Z/  
COASTAL WATERS FROM MEXICO BEACH TO OKALOOSA WALTON COUNTY LINE  
FL OUT 20 NM-  
COASTAL WATERS FROM MEXICO BEACH TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT 20 NM-  
WATERS FROM MEXICO BEACH TO OKALOOSA WALTON COUNTY LINE FL FROM  
20 TO 60 NM-  
WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO MEXICO BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-  
1254 PM CDT MON SEP 8 2025  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM  
CDT TUESDAY...  
 
* WHAT...EAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KT EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...OFFSHORE GULF WATERS FROM THE WALTON-OKALOOSA COUNTY  
LINE TO APALACHICOLA FROM 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OUT, COASTAL  
WATERS FROM MEXICO BEACH TO OKALOOSA WALTON COUNTY LINE FL OUT  
20 NM, AND COASTAL WATERS FROM MEXICO BEACH TO APALACHICOLA FL  
OUT 20 NM.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM CDT TUESDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20  
TO 33 KNOTS, OR SEAS OF 7 FEET OR GREATER, ARE EXPECTED TO  
PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. THESE HAZARDOUS  
CONDITIONS MAY RESULT IN POOR VESSEL HANDLING AND STEERING  
RESPONSE, BROACHING, OVERTURNED DINGHIES AND KAYAKS, SLIPS AND  
FALLS ON SLIPPERY DECKS, RUB DAMAGE ALONG DOCKS AND SEAWALLS,  
AND DRAGGING ANCHORS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET, OCCASIONALLY TO 8 FEET.  
ANOTHER SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TUESDAY NIGHT  
INTO WEDNESDAY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER  
VESSELS, SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.  
 

 
 

 
 
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