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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1129 AM EST SUN FEB 15 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 130 PM EST/1230 PM CST/.
* AT 1129 AM EST/1029 AM CST/, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 17
NM NORTHEAST OF APALACHICOLA TO 13 NM WEST OF C TOWER TO 42 NM
SOUTHWEST OF EMPIRE MICA WRECK, MOVING EAST AT 30 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, K TOWER, S TOWER, V TOWER, APALACHICOLA,
EMPIRE MICA WRECK, C TOWER, ST GEORGE ISLAND, AND MARKER 24 BARGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EST/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 300 PM EST/200 PM CST/ FOR
BIG BEND AND THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL
WATERS.
LAT...LON 2958 8537 2974 8522 2976 8504 2986 8486
2981 8480 2995 8450 3010 8440 3014 8404
3004 8383 3003 8374 2985 8354 2978 8353
2928 8382 2858 8513 2879 8586 2925 8640
2932 8640
TIME...MOT...LOC 1629Z 278DEG 30KT 2997 8481 2946 8511 2903 8610
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
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