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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
411 PM EST FRI FEB 27 2026
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...
TAMPA BAY WATERS...
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 515 PM EST.
* AT 410 PM EST, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 24 NM WEST OF
ANCLOTE KEY TO 26 NM WEST OF INDIAN ROCKS BEACH TO 43 NM WEST OF
EGMONT KEY, MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
CLEARWATER PASS, ANCLOTE KEY, CLEARWATER BEACH, INDIAN SHORE REEF,
COURTNEY CAMPBELL CAUSEWAY, INDIAN ROCKS BEACH, DUNEDIN, PORT
RICHEY, AND TARPON SPRINGS.
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 2860 8265 2825 8274 2825 8273 2819 8280
2807 8279 2796 8256 2791 8268 2799 8279
2801 8268 2803 8271 2805 8279 2797 8280
2791 8270 2794 8276 2796 8281 2789 8285
2783 8282 2742 8366 2784 8377 2813 8378
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 240DEG 37KT 2809 8331 2784 8334 2754 8358
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
TBW
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