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Small Craft Advisory

Issued by the National Weather Service - Tallahassee, FL

    SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY  

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; Waters from Mexico Beach to Apalachicola FL from 20 to 60 NM

Small Craft Advisory issued January 26 at 12:46AM EST until January 27 at 1:00PM EST by NWS Tallahassee FL

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY

Areas Affected: 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; Waters from Mexico Beach to Apalachicola FL from 20 to 60 NM

Urgency: Expected

Severity: Minor

Certainty: Likely

Alert Sent: Sunday 11:46pm CST

Alert Effective: Sunday 11:46pm CST

Alert Expires: Monday 3:00pm CST (expect updated alert by this time)

Event Onset: Sunday 11:46pm CST

Event Ends: Tuesday 12:00pm CST

Issued by: NWS Tallahassee FL

Details: 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY...

* WHAT...North winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas
5 to 8 ft.

* 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 noon CST 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.

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

Meta data: 
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.28392a3333428956f76f2881055e3d7b1130034b.003.1
Codes: GMZ751, GMZ752, GMZ770, GMZ772
Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.28392a3333428956f76f2881055e3d7b1130034b.003.1