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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
315 AM EDT Wed Mar 27 2024

GMZ770-772-271615-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SC.Y.0030.240328T0600Z-240328T2100Z/
Waters from Mexico Beach to Okaloosa Walton County Line FL from
20 to 60 NM-
Waters from Apalachicola to Mexico Beach FL from 20 to 60 NM-
215 AM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM CDT
THURSDAY...

* WHAT...North winds 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt expected.

* WHERE...Offshore Gulf waters from the Walton-Okaloosa County
  line to Apalachicola from 20 to 60 nautical miles out.

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 4 PM CDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS...A Small Craft Advisory means that wind speeds of 20
  to 33 knots, or seas of 7 feet or greater, are expected to
  produce hazardous conditions for small craft. These hazardous
  conditions may result in poor vessel handling and steering
  response, broaching, overturned dinghies and kayaks, slips and
  falls on slippery decks, rub damage along docks and seawalls,
  and dragging anchors.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.

&&

$$

GMZ750-752-271615-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SC.Y.0030.240328T0600Z-240328T1800Z/
Coastal waters from Mexico Beach to Okaloosa Walton County Line
FL out 20 NM-
Coastal waters from Mexico Beach to Apalachicola FL out 20 NM-
215 AM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 1 PM CDT
THURSDAY...

* WHAT...North winds 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt expected.

* WHERE...Nearshore Gulf waters from the Walton-Okaloosa County
  line to Apalachicola out 20 nautical miles.

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 1 PM CDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS...A Small Craft Advisory means that wind speeds of 20 to
  33 knots, or seas of 7 feet or greater, are expected to produce
  hazardous conditions for small craft. These hazardous conditions
  may result in poor vessel handling and steering response,
  broaching, overturned dinghies and kayaks, slips and falls on
  slippery decks, rub damage along docks and seawalls, and
  dragging anchors.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.

&&

$$


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