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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
804 AM EST SUN JAN 19 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS FL OUT 20 NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER FL OUT 20
NM...
WATERS FROM ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS FL OUT 20 TO 60 NM...
WATERS FROM TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER FL OUT 20 TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL 900 AM EST.
* AT 804 AM EST, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 NM
SOUTHWEST OF OZELLO TO 25 NM WEST OF CLEARWATER BEACH TO 48 NM WEST
OF INDIAN ROCKS BEACH, MOVING EAST AT 30 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN QUICKLY FORM AND CAPSIZE BOATS, DAMAGE
VESSELS, AND CREATE SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES. MAKE SURE ALL
ON BOARD ARE IN A SECURE LOCATION AND WEARING LIFE
JACKETS. EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS,
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY
DOWNPOURS. MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING LIFE
JACKETS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OZELLO, CRYSTAL RIVER, CLEARWATER BEACH, BAYPORT, MADEIRA BEACH
REEF, TARPON SPRINGS, INDIAN ROCKS BEACH, SAINT PETE BEACH,
DUNEDIN, TREASURE ISLAND REEF, HERNANDO BEACH, CLEARWATER PASS,
PORT RICHEY, ANCLOTE KEY, INDIAN SHORE REEF, SAINT PETE BEACH REEF,
PASS-A-GRILLE REEF, ARIPEKA, AND JOHNS PASS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 2894 8259 2853 8257 2802 8275 2771 8270
2770 8272 2772 8271 2774 8273 2769 8272
2738 8365 2784 8377 2839 8378
TIME...MOT...LOC 1304Z 254DEG 29KT 2870 8291 2803 8330 2769 8372
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
TBW
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