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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
346 PM EST WED FEB 19 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD FL OUT 20 NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS FL OUT 20 NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER FL OUT 20
NM...
TAMPA BAY WATERS...
WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD FL OUT 20 TO 60 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 445 PM EST.
* AT 345 PM EST, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ANCLOTE
KEY TO NEAR JOHNS PASS TO 11 NM WEST OF LONGBOAT PASS TO 27 NM
SOUTHWEST OF SIESTA KEY TO 50 NM SOUTHWEST OF VENICE INLET, MOVING
EAST AT 40 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...
TERRA CEIA BAY, D5 REEF, MANATEE NEARSHORE REEF, ENGLEWOOD, HOWARD
FRANKLAND BRIDGE, MADEIRA BEACH REEF, LONGBOAT KEY, VENICE INLET,
COCKROACH BAY, MD1 REEF, M7 REEF, ANNA MARIA ISLAND, M8 REEF, M17
REEF, PASS-A-GRILLE CHANNEL, SOUTHWEST CHANNEL, D6 REEF, M1 REEF,
TAMPA BAY, AND HILLSBOROUGH BAY.
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.
LAT...LON 2810 8377 2817 8285 2821 8284 2817 8280
2821 8278 2808 8271 2797 8240 2786 8233
2775 8234 2771 8243 2747 8257 2733 8245
2706 8237 2690 8226 2680 8224 2684 8230
2678 8227 2638 8312 2708 8352 2762 8372
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 266DEG 49KT 2822 8294 2781 8288 2742 8290 2706
8299 2671 8329
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
TBW
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