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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
431 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
  BOSTON HARBOR...
  COASTAL WATERS EAST OF IPSWICH BAY AND THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL
  MARINE SANCTUARY...
  MASSACHUSETTS BAY AND IPSWICH BAY...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 428 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS APPROACHING QUINCY...
  MOVING EAST AT 35 KNOTS.

  HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO AT LEAST 40 KNOTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND 
           SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SCITUATE HARBOR...MINOT LIGHT...QUINCY HARBOR AND OCEAN BLUFF-BRANT
  ROCK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALL SMALL CRAFT ALONG THE COASTLINE FROM HULL TO COHASSET TO
SCITUATE TO MARSHFIELD TO DUXBURY SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES. THIS THUNDERSTORM LOOKS
TO BE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS FROM RADAR INDICATIONS.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT ON
THE OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE...KEEP AWAY FROM
UNGROUNDED METAL OBJECTS.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR
EASTERN...NORTHEASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS.

LAT...LON 4231 7031 4208 7030 4208 7064 4210 7065
      4209 7067 4211 7066 4216 7070 4216 7073
      4217 7071 4225 7076 4224 7079 4227 7085
      4224 7089 4226 7092 4222 7092 4225 7094
      4224 7096 4222 7096 4231 7105
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 268DEG 38KT 4224 7116 

HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...40KTS

$$

THOMPSON