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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mobile AL
544 AM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026

GMZ650-655-670-675-152000-
/O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0030.260916T0600Z-260917T2100Z/
Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM-
Coastal waters from Okaloosa Walton County Line FL to Pensacola
FL out 20 NM-
Waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS from 20 to 60 NM-
Waters from Okaloosa Walton County Line FL to Pensacola FL from
20 to 60 NM-
544 AM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026

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

* WHAT...East winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas
  4 to 7 ft expected.

* WHERE...Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out
  20 NM, Coastal waters from Okaloosa Walton County Line FL to
  Pensacola FL out 20 NM, Waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula
  MS from 20 to 60 NM and Waters from Okaloosa Walton County
  Line FL to Pensacola FL from 20 to 60 NM.

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

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1232 AM EDT Tue Sep 15 2026

GMZ751-752-755-770-772-775-151900-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SC.Y.0026.260916T0300Z-260917T2100Z/
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-
Coastal Waters From  Ochlockonee River to Apalachicola Fl out to
20 Nm-
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-
Waters from  Suwannee River to Apalachicola FL from 20 to 60 NM-
1232 AM EDT Tue Sep 15 2026 /1132 PM CDT Mon Sep 14 2026/

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING TO 5 PM EDT /4 PM CDT/ THURSDAY...

* WHAT...East winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt expected.

* WHERE...Offshore Gulf waters from the Walton-Okaloosa County
  line to the Ochlockonee River from 20 to 60 nautical miles
  out, 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, and Coastal Waters From Ochlockonee
  River to Apalachicola Fl out to 20 Nm.

* WHEN...From 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ this evening to 5 PM EDT /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.

&&

$$

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
1043 PM CDT Mon Sep 14 2026

GMZ529-531>536-541-543-551-553-554-557-570-572-575-577-151745-
/O.NEW.KLIX.SC.Y.0029.260916T0600Z-260917T2100Z/
Lake Maurepas-Lake Pontchartrain-Mississippi Sound-
Lake Salvador and Lake Cataouatche-Lake Borgne-Breton Sound-
Chandeleur Sound-Terrebonne Bay-Barataria Bay-
Coastal Waters from Port Fourchon LA to Lower Atchafalaya River
LA out 20 nm-
Coastal Waters from Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River to
Port Fourchon LA out 20 nm-
Coastal Waters from Boothville LA to Southwest Pass of the
Mississippi River out 20 nm-
Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island out
20 NM-
Coastal waters from Port Fourchon Louisiana to Lower Atchafalaya
River LA from 20 to 60 NM-
Coastal waters from Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River to
Port Fourchon Louisiana from 20 to 60 NM-
Coastal Waters from Stake Island LA to Southwest Pass of the
Mississippi River from 20 to 60 nm-
Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island
Louisiana out 20 to 60 NM-
1043 PM CDT Mon Sep 14 2026

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

* WHAT...East winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas
  6 to 9 ft expected.

* WHERE...Portions of Gulf of America.

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

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

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