862  
FZUS72 KTAE 152211  
MWSTAE  
 
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL  
511 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026  
 
GMZ770-772-160000-  
/O.CON.KTAE.MA.W.0027.000000T0000Z-260316T0000Z/  
511 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026  
   
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT  
 
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...  
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...  
 
AT 511 PM CDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM 32 NM SOUTHEAST OF OKALOOSA DEEP WATER REEF TO 36 NM  
SOUTHWEST OF EMPIRE MICA WRECK, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 KNOTS.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...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...  
EMPIRE MICA WRECK.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE  
EXPECTED.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 2945 8633 2978 8619 2992 8607 2973 8578  
2957 8574 2943 8561 2925 8508 2859 8519  
2863 8540 2885 8598 2903 8623 2919 8636  
2925 8640  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 218DEG 32KT 2952 8617 2881 8574  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 
 
 
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