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WHUS54 KCRP 062142
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
338 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
  BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR
  COASTAL WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM

* UNTIL 545 PM CST

* AT 333 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HAIL THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH 
  OR LARGER AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 KNOTS FROM PORT LAVACA TO 
  COPANO BAY MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE PUSHING 
  ACROSS THE BAYS AND WATERWAYS EAST OR ROCKPORT BETWEEN 4 PM AND 5 
  PM CST.

MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...HIGH WAVES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
AND HEAVY RAINS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY...UNTIL
THIS STORM PASSES.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2817 9717 2820 9700 2819 9699 2813 9698
      2827 9692 2827 9691 2813 9693 2823 9679
      2840 9687 2841 9677 2848 9679 2833 9668
      2844 9639 2819 9612 2794 9651 2799 9692
      2812 9687 2800 9696 2808 9704 2803 9728
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 270DEG 29KT 2870 9657 2811 9717

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MJG