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Small Craft Advisory


URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mobile AL
918 PM CDT Mon Sep 8 2025

GMZ650-655-670-675-091100-
/O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0033.250909T0500Z-250909T2100Z/
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-
918 PM CDT Mon Sep 8 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT
TUESDAY...

* WHAT...East winds 20 to 25 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...Until 4 PM CDT Tuesday.

* 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
904 PM EDT Mon Sep 8 2025

GMZ751-752-770-772-090900-
/O.CON.KTAE.SC.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-250909T2100Z/
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-
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-
804 PM CDT Mon Sep 8 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT
TUESDAY...

* WHAT...East winds 20 to 25 kt expected.

* WHERE...Offshore Gulf waters from the Walton-Okaloosa County
  line to Apalachicola from 20 to 60 nautical miles out, Coastal
  waters from Mexico Beach to Okaloosa Walton County Line FL out
  20 NM, and Coastal waters from Mexico Beach to Apalachicola FL
  out 20 NM.

* WHEN...Until 4 PM CDT Tuesday.

* 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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