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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
850 AM CDT MON MAR 16 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 1045 AM CDT.
* AT 850 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED 24 NM SOUTH OF OKALOOSA DEEP WATER REEF, OR
49 NM SOUTH OF DESTIN, 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...
PANAMA CITY BEACH, LAGUNA BEACH, CAPE SAN BLAS, MEXICO BEACH, PORT
ST. JOE, AND APALACHICOLA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR THE PANHANDLE
OF FLORIDA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT
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 900 AM CDT FOR THE PANHANDLE
OF FLORIDA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT
FOR BIG BEND AND THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL
WATERS.
LAT...LON 3038 8556 3032 8547 3023 8551 3019 8560
3018 8546 3012 8536 3004 8533 2999 8541
2982 8526 2973 8525 2980 8495 2880 8588
2901 8621 2925 8640 2990 8640 3031 8606
3026 8589 3037 8584 3037 8575 3031 8570
TIME...MOT...LOC 1350Z 238DEG 28KT 2956 8652
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...49KTS
11-MM
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