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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
406 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
  COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM OVER
  GULF OF MEXICO WATERS...
  APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE
  RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM OVER GULF OF MEXICO WATERS...
  COASTAL WATERS FROM OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO 20
  NM OVER GULF OF MEXICO WATERS...
  WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM OVER
  GULF OF MEXICO WATERS...
  INCLUDING C TOWER...O TOWER...S TOWER...K TOWER...V TOWER...MARKER
  24 BARGE...BUCKEYE REEF AND HORSESHOE BEACH...

* UNTIL 700 AM EST

* AT 401 AM EST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DETECTED A LINE OF
  THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS AND STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 34 KNOTS FROM 22 NM NORTHWEST OF C TOWER TO 53 NM SOUTH OF C
  TOWER...OR FROM APALACHICOLA TO 46 NM SOUTH OF EMPIRE MICA
  WRECK...MOVING EAST AT 40 KNOTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY. IF CAUGHT AT SEA...MOVE AWAY FROM THE WATERSPOUT AT A 90
DEGREE ANGLE FROM ITS APPARENT MOTION.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. THUNDERSTORMS
CAN PRODUCE WATERSPOUTS WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. SEEK SAFE
HARBOR IMMEDIATELY.

&&

LAT...LON 2885 8405 2894 8412 2867 8454 2859 8497
      2975 8499 2982 8485 2980 8485 2973 8489
      2992 8451 2990 8435 2997 8445 2998 8436
      3012 8428 3013 8402 3001 8377 2966 8339
      2951 8338 2934 8313
TIME...MOT...LOC 0905Z 256DEG 42KT 2975 8497 2858 8513

$$

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