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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
540 PM EDT THU OCT 8 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS FL OUT 20 NM...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT.
* AT 540 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED 8 NM SOUTHWEST OF SIESTA KEY, MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS SEAS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LYNN SILVERTOOTH REEF, NEW PASS, SAINT ARMANDS KEY, M3 REEF, BIG
SARASOTA PASS, M1 REEF, M4 REEF, SIESTA KEY, SARASOTA BAY HART
REEF, LONGBOAT KEY, M5 REEF, SARASOTA BAY REEF AND SARASOTA BAY.
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 2714 8268 2726 8280 2746 8265 2744 8261
2741 8256 2736 8255 2735 8255 2734 8253
2733 8252 2733 8251 2732 8250 2727 8251
2726 8251 2726 8252 2723 8250
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 220DEG 14KT 2719 8267
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<34 KTS
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