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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
921 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 914 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 KNOTS     
  APPROACHING THE CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...MOVING EAST 
  AT 25 MPH. PENNY SIZED HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

MARINERS CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 KNOTS...HIGH 
WAVES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINS AS THIS STORM MOVES 
ACROSS CORPUS CHRISTI BAY AND INTO THE NEARSHORE WATERS BEYOND PORT 
ARANSAS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY...UNTIL THIS 
STORM PASSES.

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2790 9753 2763 9768 2755 9689 2779 9673

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JM