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WHUS52 KTAE 181848
SMWTAE
GMZ772-775-182015-
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
248 PM EDT SUN APR 18 2021
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
WATERS FROM MEXICO BEACH TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM...
WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT/315 PM CDT/.
* AT 245 PM EDT/145 PM CDT/, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED 32 NM SOUTHEAST OF EMPIRE MICA
WRECK, MOVING EAST AT 25 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER, AND SMALL
HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
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. EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34
KNOTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 2875 8523 2893 8524 2910 8429 2882 8429
2877 8441 2870 8449
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 265DEG 27KT 2882 8509
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
KO
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