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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
102 PM EST SUN DEC 29 2024
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...
COASTAL WATERS FROM ST. AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT 20 NM...
WATERS FROM FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST. AUGUSTINE FL FROM 20 TO 60
NM...
WATERS FROM ST. AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL 200 PM EST.
* AT 102 PM EST, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM VILANO BEACH TO 9 NM WEST OF CRESCENT BEACH TO 19 NM
WEST OF PALM COAST, MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
DOROTHY LOUISE BARGE, SAINT AUGUSTINE BEACH, BEVERLY BEACH, VILANO
BEACH, SOUTH PONTE VEDRA BEACH, NINE MILE REEF, SAINT AUGUSTINE,
CRESCENT BEACH, BUTLER BEACH, MARINELAND, BIG GEORGES REEF, GUANA
RIVER STATE PARK, AND PALM COAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EST FOR NORTHEASTERN
FLORIDA...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 2946 8116 2953 8120 2955 8124 2963 8125
2965 8128 2973 8128 2981 8135 3006 8140
3012 8139 3011 8054 2948 8060 2948 8071
TIME...MOT...LOC 1802Z 289DEG 41KT 2995 8132 2968 8141 2943 8158
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
AB
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