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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
923 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 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 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 1130 PM EDT/1030 PM CDT/.
* AT 923 PM EDT/823 PM CDT/, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 NM NORTH OF APALACHICOLA TO 6 NM WEST OF O
TOWER TO 13 NM SOUTH OF V TOWER, MOVING WEST AT 40 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO NEARLY 50 KNOTS AND SMALL HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...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...
MEXICO BEACH, PORT ST. JOE, S TOWER, EMPIRE MICA WRECK,
APALACHICOLA, C TOWER, CAPE SAN BLAS, AND ST GEORGE ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
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 3011 8536 3004 8534 2999 8541 2982 8526
2973 8525 2976 8504 2985 8487 2954 8467
2925 8431 2891 8535 2944 8593 3015 8549
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 076DEG 39KT 2990 8497 2953 8474 2919 8430
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...49KTS
02-MONTGOMERY
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