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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
154 PM EDT SAT APR 25 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 SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT/300 PM CDT/.
* AT 154 PM EDT/1254 PM CDT/, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10
NM SOUTHWEST OF MEXICO BEACH TO 11 NM WEST OF EMPIRE MICA WRECK TO
66 NM SOUTHWEST OF C TOWER, MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
O TOWER, MEXICO BEACH, PORT ST. JOE, S TOWER, APALACHICOLA, EMPIRE
MICA WRECK, C TOWER, CAPE SAN BLAS, AND ST GEORGE ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 2859 8521 2879 8586 2944 8563 3005 8574
3005 8534 2999 8541 2982 8526 2973 8525
2976 8504 2986 8486 2981 8480 2991 8457
2922 8454 2863 8471 2858 8500
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 276DEG 26KT 2987 8559 2932 8556 2869 8582
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
11-MM
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