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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
319 PM CST FRI FEB 22 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
  WATERS FROM MEXICO BEACH TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM OVER GULF   
  OF MEXICO WATERS...
  COASTAL WATERS FROM MEXICO BEACH TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM OVER GULF
  OF MEXICO WATERS...INCLUDING MIRAMAR BEACH AND PANAMA CITY BEACH...

* UNTIL 445 PM CST

* AT 314 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER
  FROM 21 NM WEST OF MIRAMAR BEACH TO 40 NM SOUTHWEST OF MIRAMAR
  BEACH...OR FROM 11 NM SOUTHWEST OF MARY ESTHER TO 32 NM SOUTHWEST
  OF MARY ESTHER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 KNOTS.

* THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE 
  OVER MIRAMAR BEACH BY 355 PM CST

BOATERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WATERSPOUTS. YOUR BEST COURSE OF EVASIVE
ACTION IF THREATENED BY A WATERSPOUT IS TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE
WATERSPOUT AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE FROM ITS APPARENT MOVEMENT.

COASTAL RESIDENTS IN WALTON AND BAY COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE 
POSSIBILITY OF WATERSPOUTS MOVING ASHORE WHEN THESE STORMS APPROACH 
THE COASTLINE OVER THE NEXT HOUR. 

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.  
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE 
TORNADOES. 

LAT...LON 3036 8620 3031 8606 3031 8603 3029 8602
      3002 8554 2988 8601 2991 8645 3038 8643
      3041 8638
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 247DEG 40KT 3027 8668 2996 8687

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