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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
836 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2026
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 1030 AM CST.
* AT 836 AM CST, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 NM
NORTHEAST OF PANAMA CITY BEACH TO 30 NM SOUTHEAST OF SANTA ROSA
BEACH TO 15 NM SOUTHEAST OF OKALOOSA DEEP WATER REEF TO 71 NM WEST
OF EMPIRE MICA WRECK, MOVING EAST AT 35 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...
APALACHICOLA, EMPIRE MICA WRECK, CAPE SAN BLAS, MEXICO BEACH, PORT
ST. JOE, AND PANAMA CITY BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FOR BIG BEND AND
THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FOR BIG BEND AND
THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
LAT...LON 3032 8547 3019 8560 3012 8536 3004 8534
2999 8541 2973 8525 2976 8504 2974 8499
2859 8517 2883 8596 2925 8640 2975 8640
2989 8608 3035 8573 3031 8570 3039 8560
TIME...MOT...LOC 1436Z 264DEG 37KT 3033 8569 2990 8602 2974 8639 2887
8661
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
73-YOUNG
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