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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
710 AM EDT MON MAY 22 2023
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST. AUGUSTINE FL OUT 20
NM...
* UNTIL 800 AM EDT.
* AT 709 AM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED OVER TALBOT ISLAND, OR 13 NM NORTH OF PONTE
VEDRA BEACH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS SEAS. SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY
HIGHER WINDS AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TALBOT ISLAND, NASSAU SOUND APPROACH BUOY 6A AND SAINT JOHNS
LIGHTED BUOY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES. IF YOUR VESSEL IS
CAUGHT OFFSHORE, IMMEDIATELY SECURE FOR HEAVY WEATHER. ENSURE ALL
CREW MEMBERS ARE WEARING USCG APPROVED TYPE I LIFE JACKETS AND
NONESSENTIAL CREW ARE BELOW DECKS. DEPLOY JACK LINES AND HARNESSES IF
AVAILABLE. CHECK LIFE SAVING EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING BATTERIES ON
HANDHELD RADIOS, FOR READINESS.
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY. IF YOUR VESSEL IS CAUGHT OFFSHORE, IMMEDIATELY SECURE
FOR HEAVY WEATHER. ENSURE ALL CREW MEMBERS ARE WEARING USCG APPROVED
TYPE I LIFE JACKETS AND NONESSENTIAL CREW ARE BELOW DECKS. DEPLOY
JACK LINES AND HARNESSES IF AVAILABLE. CHECK LIFE SAVING EQUIPMENT,
INCLUDING BATTERIES ON HANDHELD RADIOS, FOR READINESS.
LAT...LON 3046 8148 3053 8141 3045 8113 3024 8128
TIME...MOT...LOC 1109Z 297DEG 4KT 3046 8140
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
HESS
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