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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
242 PM EDT MON MAR 16 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...
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 330 PM EDT.
* AT 241 PM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR OZELLO TO 22 NM NORTHWEST OF ANCLOTE KEY TO 48
NM WEST OF CLEARWATER BEACH, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER AND SMALL HAIL.
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, ANCLOTE KEY, PORT RICHEY,
BAYPORT, YANKEETOWN, TARPON SPRINGS, CEDAR KEY, ARIPEKA, AND
DUNEDIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN AND
WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.
WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER, SMALL HAIL, HIGH WAVES, DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 2930 8310 2923 8299 2924 8274 2915 8274
2890 8257 2866 8256 2854 8257 2810 8274
2766 8373 2784 8377 2850 8380 2885 8405
2916 8354 2930 8316
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 297DEG 34KT 2886 8270 2840 8318 2822 8369
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
TBW
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