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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
554 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
CHARLOTTE HARBOR AND PINE ISLAND SOUND...
COASTAL WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD FL OUT 20 NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS FL OUT 20 NM...
WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD FL OUT 20 TO 60 NM...
WATERS FROM ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS FL OUT 20 TO 60 NM...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.
* AT 554 PM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM SARASOTA BAY TO 51 NM SOUTHWEST OF MANASOTA KEY,
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 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...
ENGLEWOOD, LONGBOAT KEY, VENICE INLET, M4 REEF, MD1 REEF, SIESTA
KEY, M7 REEF, M8 REEF, M17 REEF, BIG SARASOTA PASS, M5 REEF, M1
REEF, MD4 REEF, SARASOTA BAY HART REEF, GASPARILLA ISLAND, MD3
REEF, M6 REEF, M15 REEF, M9 REEF, AND MANASOTA KEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 2671 8330 2749 8262 2735 8246 2706 8237
2692 8227 2705 8213 2696 8201 2675 8201
2621 8234 2614 8242 2597 8292
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 316DEG 40KT 2738 8261 2657 8323
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...40KTS
TBW
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