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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
846 AM EDT FRI OCT 9 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...
* UNTIL 930 AM EDT.
* AT 845 AM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED 15 NM SOUTHWEST OF SIESTA KEY, MOVING NORTH
AT 10 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN QUICKLY FORM AND CAPSIZE BOATS, DAMAGE
VESSELS, AND CREATE SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES. MAKE SURE ALL
ON BOARD ARE IN A SECURE LOCATION AND WEARING LIFE
JACKETS. 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...
M8 REEF, M6 REEF, M9 REEF, M5 REEF, M1 REEF, BOB JOHNSON REEF, M4
REEF, MD2 REEF, M7 REEF, M3 REEF, AND LONGBOAT KEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 2705 8270 2706 8282 2708 8284 2710 8285
2714 8288 2716 8288 2719 8291 2740 8292
2737 8262
TIME...MOT...LOC 1245Z 185DEG 12KT 2713 8280
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
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