Special Marine Warning for West Coast Waters

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SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
202 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
  COASTAL WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE FL OUT 20 NM
  COASTAL WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH FL OUT 20 NM

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 157 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OF 34 KNOTS OR
  GREATER OVER BIG LOSTMANS BAY...MOVING WEST AT 20 KNOTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER THE WATER...MARINERS CAN EXPECT STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...HIGH SEAS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. MOVE
TO SAFE HARBOR OR STAY CLOSE TO SHORE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. IF
CAUGHT ON THE OPEN WATER...MAKE SURE ALL SAFETY GEAR IS AVAILABLE AND
LIFE JACKETS ARE BEING WORN BY YOU AND YOUR CREW.

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LAT...LON 2581 8147 2571 8118 2570 8117 2569 8117
      2572 8122 2569 8127 2556 8122 2562 8111
      2558 8110 2556 8102 2552 8102 2557 8114
      2555 8118 2551 8121 2548 8118 2549 8110
      2546 8117 2545 8115 2541 8151
TIME...MOT...LOC 1802Z 097DEG 22KT 2554 8107

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