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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
417 AM PST SUN FEB 22 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM...
PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM...
CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT ARENA 10 TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL 515 AM PST.
* AT 417 AM PST, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED 33 NM SOUTHWEST OF PT. ST. GEORGE, MOVING
NORTH AT 40 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS POSSIBLE AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS SEAS. BOATS COULD SUFFER SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE IN HIGH WINDS. SMALL CRAFT COULD CAPSIZE IN
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY OPEN WATERS OF PT ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO OUT 10 NM, PT
ST GEORGE TO CAPE MENDOCINO 10 TO 60 NM AND CAPE MENDOCINO TO PT
ARENA 10 TO 60 NM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES.
WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER, HIGH WAVES, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
SEEK SAFE SHELTER, MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS AND INCREASING
WAVES.
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 4045 12535 4178 12474 4178 12426 4023 12501
4026 12544
TIME...MOT...LOC 1216Z 201DEG 38KT 4137 12474
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...>50 KTS
EYS
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