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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
600 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER FL OUT 20
NM...
WATERS FROM TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER FL OUT 20 TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL 700 PM EST.
* AT 600 PM EST, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 NM SOUTH OF
OZELLO TO 48 NM WEST OF ANCLOTE KEY, MOVING EAST AT 10 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN QUICKLY FORM AND CAPSIZE BOATS, DAMAGE
VESSELS, AND CREATE SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES. MAKE SURE ALL
ON BOARD ARE IN A SECURE LOCATION AND WEARING LIFE
JACKETS. WATERSPOUTS CAN BECOME TORNADOES IF THEY MOVE
ONSHORE. KEEP ABREAST OF THE SITUATION. 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...
OZELLO, CRYSTAL RIVER, HERNANDO BEACH, ARIPEKA, BAYPORT, AND
YANKEETOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR NORTHERN
FLORIDA.
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 2905 8297 2904 8266 2890 8257 2865 8256
2854 8257 2842 8267 2820 8378 2849 8379
2860 8386
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 270DEG 10KT 2872 8267 2847 8371
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
TBW
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