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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA
1136 AM PDT MON MAR 17 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
MONTEREY BAY...
COASTAL WATERS FROM PIGEON POINT TO POINT PINOS CALIFORNIA OUT TO
10 NM...
WATERS FROM PIGEON POINT TO POINT PINOS 10-60 NM...
* UNTIL NOON PDT.
* AT 1136 AM PDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM OVER SANTA CRUZ HARBOR
TO 11 NM NORTHWEST OF POINT PINOS, MOVING EAST AT 20 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
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...
SANTA CRUZ HARBOR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.
WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER, HIGH WAVES, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 3669 12241 3685 12215 3698 12214 3695 12207
3695 12203 3696 12202 3697 12200 3695 12198
3698 12194 3697 12191 3693 12186 3681 12178
3680 12178 3681 12179 3675 12181 3668 12181
3664 12183
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 271DEG 21KT 3692 12203 3680 12203 3675 12212
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 KTS
BKM
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