000 WHUS52 KTAE 030715 SMWTAE GMZ755-030800- /O.NEW.KTAE.MA.W.0013.060203T0713Z-060203T0800Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 213 AM EST FRI FEB 3 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A * SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR... COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO 20 NM... * UNTIL 300 AM EST * AT 212 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING SEVERE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS AND INTENSE LIGHTNING...ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HORSESHOE BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 KNOTS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS OF 50 KNOTS OR GREATER...VERY ROUGH SEAS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. YOUR BEST COURSE OF ACTION IS TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR...BUT IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE ON THE OPEN WATER...STAY BELOW DECK AND AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED METAL OBJECTS. LAT...LON 2943 8367 2922 8347 2933 8316 2958 8345 $$ 23-MCNATT