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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
643 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
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 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 945 AM EDT/845 AM CDT/.
* AT 643 AM EDT/543 AM CDT/, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 34
NM SOUTHWEST OF MEXICO BEACH TO 21 NM WEST OF EMPIRE MICA WRECK,
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS TO NEARLY 50 KNOTS.
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...
SANTA ROSA BEACH, MEXICO BEACH, PORT ST. JOE, PANAMA CITY BEACH,
APALACHICOLA, LAGUNA BEACH, EMPIRE MICA WRECK, CAPE SAN BLAS,
SANDESTIN, AND MIRAMAR BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EDT/900 AM CDT/ FOR
THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA.
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
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 1000 AM EDT/900 AM CDT/ FOR
THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3039 8557 3032 8547 3023 8551 3019 8560
3018 8546 3012 8536 3004 8533 2999 8541
2982 8526 2973 8525 2978 8500 2976 8497
2859 8514 2864 8542 2882 8592 2896 8614
2917 8635 2925 8640 3038 8640
TIME...MOT...LOC 1043Z 234DEG 31KT 2959 8593 2928 8576
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...49KTS
58-REESE
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