156  
WHUS52 KMLB 122029  
SMWMLB  
AMZ552-572-122200-  
/O.NEW.KMLB.MA.W.0286.231012T2029Z-231012T2200Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL  
429 PM EDT THU OCT 12 2023  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...  
CAPE CANAVERAL TO SEBASTIAN INLET 0-60 NM...  
 
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 426 PM EDT, STRONG, FAST-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED  
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 NM SOUTH OF ROCKLEDGE TO JUST WEST  
OF WEST MELBOURNE TO 11 NM WEST OF PALM BAY. THE STORMS WERE  
MOVING RAPIDLY EAST-NORTHEAST AT 45 KNOTS.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 40 KNOTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, SUDDENLY HIGHER  
WAVES, LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. MAKE SURE ALL ON  
BOARD ARE WEARING LIFE JACKETS. RETURN TO SAFE HARBOR IF  
POSSIBLE.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
EAU GALLIE, INDIALANTIC, SATELLITE BEACH, WEST MELBOURNE, AND  
MELBOURNE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE  
EXPECTED.  
 
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF CAUGHT ON THE  
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED  
METAL OBJECTS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 2847 8070 2843 8069 2848 8067 2889 7963  
2865 7954 2829 7954 2817 7948 2794 8057  
2807 8065 2844 8078  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 241DEG 43KT 2819 8077 2808 8078 2793 8087  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...40KTS  
 

 
 
CRISTALDI  
 
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