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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON MA
549 PM EDT MON AUG 26 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BOSTON/NORTON HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
BLOCK ISLAND SOUND...
COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO MARTHAS VINEYARD EXTENDING OUT TO
20 NM SOUTH OF BLOCK ISLAND...
OCEAN WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO MARTHAS VINEYARD FROM 25 TO 40 NM
OFFSHORE...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT.
* AT 549 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MONTAUK
POINT, OR NEAR THE COASTAL WATERS WEST OF BLOCK ISLAND, MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER AND SMALL HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES.
WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER, SMALL HAIL, HIGH WAVES, DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.
LAT...LON 4117 7168 4086 7134 4075 7160 4107 7185
4113 7186
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 331DEG 17KT 4113 7185
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
RM
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