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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
103 PM EST TUE NOV 24 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR THE COASTAL WATERS...
FROM THE VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET OUT TO 20
NM.
* UNTIL 200 PM EST
* AT 100 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING A WATERSPOUT 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORT
CANAVERAL...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 KNOTS. ADDITIONAL STRONG
SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS MAY ALSO BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING ADDITIONAL WATERSPOUTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WINDS OVER 34 KNOTS AND
LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS. SMALL CRAFT...ESPECIALLY THOSE UNDER SAIL...
SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE HARBOR IF POSSIBLE. MAKE SURE YOU AND YOUR CREW
ARE WEARING APPROVED FLOTATION DEVICES DURING THESE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS.
A WATERSPOUT IS A TORNADO OVER WATER THAT CAN BE DANGEROUS AND EVEN
DEADLY. SMALL CRAFT CAN BE SWAMPED OR OVERTURNED BY A WATERSPOUT.
STAY AWAY FROM THEM AT ALL TIMES.
LAT...LON 2878 8079 2885 8083 2888 8038 2886 8037
2886 8027 2792 8000 2785 8050 2832 8073
2856 8081 2880 8087
TIME...MOT...LOC 1802Z 142DEG 4KT 2828 8037
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