Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service - Tallahassee, FL
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: Thursday 2:25pm CDT
Alert Effective: Thursday 2:25pm CDT
Alert Expires: Thursday 9:30pm CDT (expect updated alert by this time)
Event Onset: Thursday 2:25pm CDT
Event Ends: Friday 1:00pm CDT
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee FL
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT FRIDAY... * WHAT...East winds around 20 to 25 knots with seas 5 to 7 ft. * WHERE...Offshore Gulf waters from the Walton-Okaloosa County line to Apalachicola out 60 nautical miles. * WHEN...Until 1 PM CDT Friday. * 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.
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7384a3c27374f2332abc165b9bea7d6c89fda70b.001.1 Codes: GMZ751, GMZ752, GMZ770, GMZ772 Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7384a3c27374f2332abc165b9bea7d6c89fda70b.001.1