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WHUS52 KTAE 041842
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
242 PM EDT SUN OCT 4 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...
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 445 PM EDT/345 PM CDT/.
* AT 242 PM EDT/142 PM CDT/, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED NEAR EMPIRE MICA WRECK, MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 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, MEXICO BEACH, S TOWER, EMPIRE MICA WRECK,
CAPE SAN BLAS, ST GEORGE ISLAND, K TOWER, V TOWER, APALACHICOLA, C
TOWER, MARKER 24 BARGE, ST. MARKS, AND PORT ST. JOE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 2859 8521 2887 8603 3020 8576 3021 8555
3019 8560 3012 8536 3004 8533 2999 8541
2973 8525 2976 8504 2986 8486 2981 8480
2995 8450 3016 8430 3017 8401 2989 8358
2888 8407 2894 8412 2869 8452 2860 8487
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 244DEG 49KT 2924 8541
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
ABE
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