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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
103 PM EST TUE NOV 24 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR THE COASTAL WATERS...

  FROM THE VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET OUT TO 20
  NM.

* UNTIL 200 PM EST

* AT 100 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING A WATERSPOUT 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORT   
  CANAVERAL...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 KNOTS. ADDITIONAL STRONG         
  SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS MAY ALSO BE CAPABLE    
  OF PRODUCING ADDITIONAL WATERSPOUTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY 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.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 2878 8079 2885 8083 2888 8038 2886 8037
      2886 8027 2792 8000 2785 8050 2832 8073
      2856 8081 2880 8087
TIME...MOT...LOC 1802Z 142DEG 4KT 2828 8037

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