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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA
117 AM PST WED DEC 24 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM POINT ARENA TO POINT REYES CALIFORNIA OUT TO 10
NM...
WATERS FROM POINT ARENA TO POINT REYES 10-60 NM...
WATERS FROM POINT REYES TO PIGEON POINT 10-60 NM...
* UNTIL 200 AM PST.
* AT 117 AM PST, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS AND DANGEROUS CAPSIZING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 65
KNOTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM 44 NM WEST OF FARALLON ISLANDS
TO 10 NM SOUTHWEST OF FARALLON ISLANDS, MOVING NORTH AT 40 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND DANGEROUS CAPSIZING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS
OF 65 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS SEAS. BOATS COULD SUFFER SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE IN HIGH WINDS. SMALL CRAFT COULD CAPSIZE IN
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY OPEN WATERS OF COASTAL WATERS FROM POINT ARENA TO POINT
REYES CALIFORNIA OUT TO 10 NM, WATERS FROM POINT ARENA TO POINT
REYES 10-60 NM AND WATERS FROM POINT REYES TO PIGEON POINT 10-60
NM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 3800 12367 3825 12365 3830 12343 3826 12315
3800 12320 3800 12325 3798 12325 3792 12322
3749 12331 3752 12370
TIME...MOT...LOC 0917Z 185DEG 41KT 3763 12393 3760 12353 3758 12314
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...>65 KTS
KENNEDY
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