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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
425 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM...
WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL 730 PM EDT.
* AT 424 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 30 NM
NORTHEAST OF YANKEETOWN TO 8 NM EAST OF CEDAR KEY TO 19 NM
SOUTHWEST OF OZELLO, MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS, AND SMALL HAIL.
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 AND HORSESHOE BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.
LAT...LON 2932 8313 2932 8314 2929 8317 2916 8354
2885 8405 2913 8422 2974 8389 2978 8383
2984 8354 2978 8353 2969 8336 2953 8334
2945 8316 2940 8313
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 123DEG 19KT 2948 8246 2918 8288 2868 8298
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...40KTS
02-MONTGOMERY
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