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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
138 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER FL OUT 20
NM...
WATERS FROM TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER FL OUT 20 TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT.
* AT 137 PM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 12 NM SOUTHWEST OF SUWANNEE RIVER TO 30 NM SOUTHWEST
OF CEDAR KEY TO 55 NM NORTHWEST OF ANCLOTE KEY, MOVING EAST AT 50
KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...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, HERNANDO BEACH, PORT RICHEY, BAYPORT,
YANKEETOWN, CEDAR KEY, AND ARIPEKA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN AND
WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 2930 8307 2923 8299 2922 8272 2915 8274
2890 8257 2854 8257 2822 8268 2813 8378
2850 8380 2885 8405 2916 8354 2930 8316
TIME...MOT...LOC 1737Z 265DEG 51KT 2917 8334 2882 8348 2853 8381
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
TBW
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