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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
945 AM CDT WED AUG 12 2020
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
WATERS FROM OKALOOSA-WALTON COUNTY LINE TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO
60 NM...
* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT.
* AT 942 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED 10 NM SOUTHEAST OF ORISKANY REEF, OR 32 NM
SOUTH OF MARY ESTHER. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 5 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN QUICKLY FORM AND CAPSIZE BOATS...DAMAGE
VESSELS AND OIL RIGS...AND CREATE SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE IN A SECURE LOCATION AND
WEARING LIFE JACKETS. EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34
KNOTS AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES. BOATS COULD SUSTAIN
DAMAGE OR CAPSIZE. MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING
LIFE JACKETS. RETURN TO SAFE HARBOR IF POSSIBLE.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COAST GUARD OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
LAT...LON 2995 8705 3002 8678 2976 8652 2962 8702
TIME...MOT...LOC 1442Z 339DEG 4KT 2990 8689
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
TD
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