450  
WHUS52 KTAE 062243  
SMWTAE  
GMZ730-752-755-765-772-775-070145-  
/O.NEW.KTAE.MA.W.0281.260806T2243Z-260807T0145Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL  
643 PM EDT THU AUG 6 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 SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM...  
 
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT/845 PM CDT/.  
 
* AT 643 PM EDT/543 PM CDT/, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 NM NORTHEAST OF BUCKEYE REEF TO 32 NM  
SOUTHEAST OF V TOWER, MOVING WEST AT 25 KNOTS.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.  
 
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...  
BUCKEYE REEF, O TOWER, K TOWER, S TOWER, V TOWER, EMPIRE MICA  
WRECK, APALACHICOLA, C TOWER, ST GEORGE ISLAND, AND MARKER 24  
BARGE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 2860 8526 2870 8558 2974 8520 2976 8504  
2986 8486 2981 8480 2995 8450 3010 8440  
3016 8430 3013 8410 3017 8401 3004 8383  
3004 8375 2985 8354 2978 8353 2894 8391  
2886 8404 2894 8412 2869 8451 2859 8493  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 107DEG 27KT 2978 8358 2893 8405  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 
 
 
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