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WHUS52 KTAE 021042
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
642 AM EDT SAT MAY 2 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE
RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM...
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 SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON 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...
WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL 945 AM EDT/845 AM CDT/.
* AT 642 AM EDT/542 AM CDT/, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16
NM NORTHWEST OF K TOWER TO 29 NM WEST OF EMPIRE MICA WRECK, 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...
BUCKEYE REEF, O TOWER, K TOWER, S TOWER, V TOWER, APALACHICOLA,
EMPIRE MICA WRECK, C TOWER, ST GEORGE ISLAND, AND MARKER 24 BARGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 2920 8608 2946 8565 2944 8563 2974 8517
2976 8504 2986 8486 2981 8480 2995 8450
3010 8440 3016 8430 3014 8407 3010 8391
3004 8383 3004 8375 2985 8354 2979 8353
2968 8335 2871 8515
TIME...MOT...LOC 1042Z 265DEG 27KT 2984 8460 2925 8592
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
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