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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
955 PM EDT SAT MAR 22 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOSTON/NORTON HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
BLOCK ISLAND SOUND...
COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO MARTHAS VINEYARD EXTENDING OUT TO
20 NM SOUTH OF BLOCK ISLAND...
NARRAGANSETT BAY...
OCEAN WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO MARTHAS VINEYARD FROM 25 TO 40 NM
OFFSHORE...
RHODE ISLAND SOUND...
* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT.
* AT 954 PM EDT, A FRONT WITH GUSTY WINDS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR POINT JUDITH LIGHT TO 18 NM EAST OF BUOY
44017, MOVING EAST AT 25 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...RADAR AND OBSERVATIONS. BLOCK ISLAND GUSTED TO 39 MPH.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RHODE ISLAND SOUND, THE COASTAL WATERS SOUTHEAST OF BLOCK ISLAND,
BUZZARDS BAY ENTRANCE TOWER, POINT JUDITH LIGHT, AND THE COASTAL
WATERS BETWEEN BLOCK ISLAND AND MARTHAS VINEYARD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 4140 7151 4144 7102 4077 7131 4087 7168
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 262DEG 26KT 4138 7144 4073 7160
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
CM
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