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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
651 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
CHARLOTTE HARBOR AND PINE ISLAND SOUND...
COASTAL WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD FL OUT 20 NM...
WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD FL OUT 20 TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT.
* AT 651 PM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS AND
GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MANASOTA KEY
TO 19 NM SOUTHWEST OF CAPTIVA TO 33 NM WEST OF R TOWER, MOVING
EAST AT 25 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN CAPSIZE BOATS, DAMAGE VESSELS, 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, SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES,
FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. MAKE SURE ALL ON
BOARD ARE WEARING LIFE JACKETS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GASPARILLA ISLAND, ENGLEWOOD, FORT MYERS BEACH, MANASOTA KEY,
CAPTIVA, SANIBEL, DON PEDRO ISLAND, AND BONITA BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 2633 8184 2597 8292 2644 8315 2673 8272
2686 8271 2695 8236 2699 8240 2701 8233
2691 8224 2703 8216 2704 8209 2691 8198
2659 8201 2652 8194 2652 8183
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 258DEG 23KT 2693 8236 2626 8239 2597 8280
WATERSPOUT...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...40KTS
TBW
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