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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1212 PM EST SUN NOV 22 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR THE COASTAL WATERS...

  FROM FORT PIERCE INLET TO MELBOURNE BEACH OUT TO 20 NM.

* UNTIL 115 PM EST

* AT 1208 PM EST...THE WEATHER OBSERVER AT THE SAINT LUCIE COUNTY
AIRPORT IN FORT PIERCE REPORTED A WATERSPOUT 10 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST
OF THEIR LOCATION...MOVING NORTH. DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SHOWERS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS FROM ABOUT 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF FORT PIERCE INLET TO 5 MILES EAST OF WINTER BEACH...AND
MOVING NORTH AT 15 KNOTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WATERSPOUT IS A TORNADO OVER WATER THAT CAN BE DANGEROUS AND EVEN
DEADLY. SMALL CRAFT CAN BE SWAMPED OR OVERTURNED BY A WATERSPOUT.
STAY AWAY FROM THEM AT ALL TIMES.

IF YOU SIGHT A WATERSPOUT...CONTACT THE COAST GUARD VIA MARINE RADIO
OR LOCAL OFFICIALS AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 2815 8027 2809 8006 2800 7986 2738 7995
      2750 8010 2770 8033
TIME...MOT...LOC 1710Z 187DEG 14KT 2773 8024 2760 8009
          2746 8000

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