Special Marine Warning — Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Mexico Beach from 20 to 60 NM; Waters from Mexico Beach to Apalachicola FL fr was recorded by Global Incident Tracker on Friday, 9 October 2026 at 09:52 UTC. The event is classified as a storm incident with a severity rating of Severe, and was detected through the US National Weather Service (NWS).
Special Marine Warning issued October 9 at 4:52AM CDT until October 9 at 6:15AM CDT by NWS Tallahassee FL SMWTAE The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Waters from Mexico Beach to Apalachicola FL from 20 to 60 NM... Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Mexico Beach from 20 to 60 NM... * Until 615 AM CDT. * At 452 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing waterspouts was located 30 nm south of Empire Mica Wreck, moving northwest at 15 knots. HAZARD...Waterspouts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Waterspouts can quickly form and capsize boats...damage vessels...and create suddenly higher waves. Make sure all on board are in a secure location and wearing life jackets. * The severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly open waters.
Where this happened
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Approximate coordinates of the reported event are 28.810°, -85.429°. The marker on the map above shows this position; for news-derived reports the location reflects the place named in media coverage and may represent a district or city rather than an exact site.
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Timeline and sources
Official warning
Issued by U.S. National Weather Service. A warning or forecast describes a hazard; on its own it is not a report that harm occurred.
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· received · event time 9 Oct 2026, 09:52 UTCFirst report Official warning
First recorded from U.S. National Weather Service.
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· received · event time 9 Oct 2026, 11:14 UTCAlso reported Official warning
Also reported by U.S. National Weather Service: "Special Marine Warning — Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Mexico Beach from 20 to 60 NM; Waters from Mexico Beach to Apalachicola FL fr"
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· received · event time 9 Oct 2026, 14:02 UTCAlso reported Official warning
Also reported by U.S. National Weather Service: "Special Marine Warning — Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Mexico Beach from 20 to 60 NM; Waters from Mexico Beach to Apalachicola FL fr"
Times are when this site received each report, in UTC; the event time is shown where the source gave one. 3 reports are attached to this incident. Copies of one syndicated story count as one report.
Conditions at the time
Heavy rainfall of 198 mm was recorded that day, and the temperature peaked at 29°C, and winds reached 71 km/h. Conditions are shown for context only — they do not establish a cause.
Weather reanalysis for this location and date via Open-Meteo.