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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
318 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...
* UNTIL 415 PM EST.
* AT 317 PM EST, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 NM WEST OF FORT
PIERCE SOUTH, OR 9 NM NORTHWEST OF WHITE CITY, MOVING EAST AT 20
KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS AND LARGE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...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. LARGE HAIL COULD RESULT IN INJURY AND DAMAGE TO
BOATS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORT PIERCE INLET, FORT PIERCE OCEAN PARK, FORT PIERCE NORTH,
SURFSIDE PARK, AND FORT PIERCE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
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 2746 8037 2762 8040 2773 8006 2734 7991
2733 8031
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 259DEG 21KT 2744 8050
HAIL...>.75IN
WIND...40KTS
LAW
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