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WHUS52 KTAE 181827
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
127 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 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...
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...
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT.
* AT 126 PM CDT, A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED FROM 7 NM SOUTH OF SANTA ROSA
BEACH TO 12 NM EAST OF PANAMA CITY BEACH TO 8 NM NORTHWEST OF
APALACHICOLA, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 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...
SANTA ROSA BEACH, MEXICO BEACH, PORT ST. JOE, PANAMA CITY BEACH,
LAGUNA BEACH, EMPIRE MICA WRECK, APALACHICOLA, CAPE SAN BLAS,
SANDESTIN, AND MIRAMAR BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3038 8556 3032 8547 3019 8560 3018 8546
3012 8536 3004 8533 2999 8541 2982 8526
2973 8525 2976 8504 2985 8484 2979 8487
2979 8494 2973 8491 2975 8499 2961 8498
2962 8495 2909 8521 2964 8640 3038 8640
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 034DEG 9KT 3025 8631 3015 8562 2984 8509
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
11-MM
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