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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL  
656 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...  
VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 0-20 NM...  
 
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 654 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MERRITT  
ISLAND WILDLIFE REFUGE, OR NEAR PLAYALINDA BEACH, MOVING EAST AT  
15 KNOTS. ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY FORM ACROSS THE CAPE AREA THROUGH  
SUNSET, PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS WELL.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.  
 
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...  
MERRITT ISLAND WILDLIFE REFUGE, PLAYALINDA BEACH, BELLWOOD,  
TITUSVILLE AIRPORT, AND TITUSVILLE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 2867 8074 2866 8075 2863 8074 2862 8064  
2863 8065 2867 8072 2875 8042 2834 8033  
2832 8073 2864 8084  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 261DEG 14KT 2856 8067  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 
 
 
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