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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
438 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...
TAMPA BAY WATERS...
WATERS FROM ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS FL OUT 20 TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT.
* AT 437 PM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM DUNEDIN TO 15 NM WEST OF EGMONT KEY TO 46 NM WEST OF
ANNA MARIA ISLAND, MOVING EAST AT 30 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS.
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...
TERRA CEIA BAY, D5 REEF, MANATEE NEARSHORE REEF, HOWARD FRANKLAND
BRIDGE, MADEIRA BEACH REEF, LONGBOAT KEY, COCKROACH BAY, MD1 REEF,
M7 REEF, ANNA MARIA ISLAND, M8 REEF, PASS-A-GRILLE CHANNEL,
SOUTHWEST CHANNEL, D6 REEF, M1 REEF, TAMPA BAY, HILLSBOROUGH BAY,
M6 REEF, M9 REEF, AND D1 REEF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 2767 8317 2814 8279 2814 8274 2808 8271
2798 8240 2787 8233 2775 8234 2771 8243
2747 8257 2733 8245 2724 8245 2679 8303
2671 8330 2708 8352 2733 8363
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 275DEG 29KT 2805 8278 2760 8305 2724 8353
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...40KTS
TBW
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