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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
149 PM EST SUN JAN 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH FL OUT 20 NM...
WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL 215 PM EST.
* AT 149 PM EST, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR NAPLES TO 7 NM NORTHWEST
OF MARCO ISLAND TO NEAR R TOWER, MOVING EAST AT 50 KNOTS.
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...
CAPE ROMANO, MARCO ISLAND, R TOWER, AND NAPLES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COAST GUARD OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE. YOU CAN ALSO SHARE YOUR REPORT WITH NWS MIAMI ON FACEBOOK
AND TWITTER.
LAT...LON 2609 8179 2606 8174 2600 8169 2600 8164
2597 8162 2597 8158 2593 8156 2571 8187
2572 8233
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 270DEG 48KT 2609 8173 2600 8183 2575 8224
WATERSPOUT...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
GR
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