571  
WHUS52 KTAE 012112  
SMWTAE  
GMZ751-752-770-772-012315-  
/O.NEW.KTAE.MA.W.0044.260501T2112Z-260501T2315Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL  
412 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 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...  
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 615 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 411 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING  
WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING 14 NM SOUTHWEST OF  
MEXICO BEACH TO 25 NM SOUTH OF OKALOOSA DEEP WATER REEF, MOVING  
EAST AROUND 10 KNOTS.  
 
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS.  
 
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.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
APALACHICOLA, CAPE SAN BLAS, MEXICO BEACH, AND PORT ST. JOE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY  
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR  
IMMEDIATELY.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 2967 8640 2984 8573 3000 8541 2998 8540  
2982 8526 2973 8525 2976 8504 2979 8498  
2974 8498 2974 8499 2938 8498 2938 8640  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 266DEG 10KT 3001 8478 2985 8566 2957 8640  
 
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE  
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...<34KTS  
 
 
 
21-WD  
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