NWS feedSource freshLast successful check:
Active official alertUpdated

Special Marine Warning for Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Mexico Beach out 20 NM; Coastal Waters from Mexico Beach to Apalachicola out 20 NM; Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Mexico Beach from 20 to 60 NM +1 more

Official alert fields

What you need to know

Effective
Ends or expires
Official severity
Severe
Official urgency
Immediate
Official certainty
Likely

What is happening

SMWTAE 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... Waters from Mexico Beach to Apalachicola FL from 20 to 60 NM... Waters from...

What the bulletin says to do

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

Full official description

Bulletin details

SMWTAE 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... 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 130 PM CDT. * At 1200 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 27 nm southwest of Mexico Beach to 48 nm southwest of Empire Mica Wreck, moving southeast at 25 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 knots. 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... Empire Mica Wreck.

Official geometry where available

Alert boundary

Lifecycle record

Official revisions

1 captured
  1. Alert

    Special Marine Warning issued August 19 at 12:00PM CDT until August 19 at 1:30PM CDT by NWS Tallahassee FL

    Official revision

Source and limitations

Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Tallahassee FL. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.

CAP status
Actual
Message type
Alert
Last collected
Methodology and corrections