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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
156 PM EST SAT FEB 28 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 0-20 NM...
SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20-60 NM...
* UNTIL 330 PM EST.
* AT 153 PM EST, A BAND OF STRONG LIGHTNING STORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED 11 NM EAST OF HOBE SOUND BEACH,
OR 11 NM NORTHEAST OF JUPITER ISLAND, MOVING EAST AT 10 KNOTS.
ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL DEVELOP AND PUSH OFFSHORE MARTIN COUNTY.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS, AND SMALL HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN CAN QUICKLY FORM AND CAPSIZE BOATS,
DAMAGE VESSELS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. MAKE
SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING LIFE JACKETS. EXPECT WIND
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES,
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE
WEARING LIFE JACKETS. RETURN TO SAFE HARBOR IF POSSIBLE.
* THESE STORMS WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS AFTER PUSHING
OFFSHORE.
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.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF
CAUGHT ON THE OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK AND, IF POSSIBLE, AVOID
UNGROUNDED METAL OBJECTS. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE BEYOND 10
MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 2697 8011 2712 8017 2750 7942 2727 7912
2698 7905
TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 276DEG 12KT 2714 7992
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...40KTS
KELLY
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