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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
953 AM EST SUN DEC 29 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT 20
NM...
* UNTIL 1130 AM EST.
* AT 953 AM EST, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 16 NM WEST OF ALTAMAHA SOUND TO 41 NM WEST OF JEKYLL
ISLAND, MOVING EAST AT 35 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ST SIMONS ISLAND VILLAGE, HIGH POINT, ST. SIMONS ISLAND, SAINT
ANDREWS SOUND, BUOY KBY, BUOY F, DUNGENESS, SAINT MARYS ENTRANCE
BUOY 16, ST SIMONS SOUND BUOY 9, CUMBERLAND ISLAND, JEKYLL ISLAND,
AND BUOY CDH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EST FOR NORTHEASTERN
FLORIDA...SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
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.
LAT...LON 3130 8142 3128 8138 3130 8137 3130 8133
3129 8133 3128 8132 3124 8094 3108 8098
3096 8107 3076 8110 3065 8110 3069 8142
3066 8143 3067 8147 3069 8146 3068 8149
3072 8169
TIME...MOT...LOC 1453Z 265DEG 34KT 3141 8159 3090 8220
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
AB
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