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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
648 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR THE COASTAL WATERS...

  FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT TO 20 NM.

* UNTIL 815 PM EST

* AT 642 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING A WATERSPOUT 32 MILES NORTH OF            
  HUTCHINSON ISLAND SOUTH...MOVING EAST AT 15 KNOTS. ADDITIONAL      
  WATERSPOUTS MAY BE POSSIBLE SOUTH TO JUPITER INLET AS STORMS MOVE  
  OFFSHORE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WATERSPOUT IS A TORNADO OVER WATER THAT CAN BE DANGEROUS AND EVEN 
DEADLY. SMALL CRAFT CAN BE SWAMPED OR OVERTURNED BY A WATERSPOUT. 
STAY AWAY FROM THEM AT ALL TIMES.

IF YOU SIGHT A WATERSPOUT...CONTACT THE COAST GUARD VIA MARINE RADIO
OR LOCAL OFFICIALS AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE WINDS OVER 34 KNOTS AND 
LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS. SMALL CRAFT...ESPECIALLY THOSE UNDER 
SAIL...SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE HARBOR IF POSSIBLE. MAKE SURE YOU AND 
YOUR CREW ARE WEARING APPROVED FLOTATION DEVICES DURING THESE 
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.

&&

LAT...LON 2715 8017 2720 8022 2719 8025 2715 8026
      2719 8028 2719 8029 2724 8029 2721 8026
      2723 8022 2737 8030 2785 8031 2789 8010
      2792 8010 2801 7980 2698 7954 2697 8009
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 252DEG 17KT 2778 8012

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