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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
  COASTAL WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM
  COASTAL WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM
  WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS FROM 20 TO 60 NM
  WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO 60 NM

* UNTIL 745 PM CST

* AT 538 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A COLD FRONT PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS MOVING THROUGH THE   
  COASTAL WATERS FROM 40 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORT  
  O'CONNOR TO 30 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF BAFFIN BAY. SCATTERED STRONG 
  TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING FROM 20 NAUTICAL MILES 
  SOUTHEAST OF PORT O'CONNOR AND 50 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF BAFFIN
  BAY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

MARINERS CAN EXPECT WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...HIGH WAVES...SMALL 
HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINS REDUCING VISIBILITIES
TO LESS THAN 1 MILES. 

MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...AND INCREASING WAVES BEHIND THE
COLD FRONT. BOATERS..ESPECIALLY THOSE UNDER SAIL...SHOULD SEEK SAFE 
HARBOR IMMEDIATELY...UNTIL THE HIGH WINDS SUBSIDE.

LAT...LON 2725 9715 2784 9682 2825 9625 2766 9559
      2761 9572 2755 9577 2733 9614 2728 9621
      2720 9626 2711 9635
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 298DEG 27KT 2796 9574 2756 9615
          2712 9659

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