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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
152 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR THE COASTAL WATERS...

  FROM MELBOURNE BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT TO 20 NM.

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 152 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OVER 35 KNOTS
  FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MERRITT ISLAND TO 35 MILES WEST OF
  FORT PIERCE INLET...MOVING EAST AT 25 KNOTS.

AS THESE STORMS CROSS THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS AND BARRIER ISLAND 
COMMUNITIES...THEN OVER THE ATLANTIC...THEY WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...ROUGH SEAS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. TRY TO 
AVOID THESE STORMS IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU GET CAUGHT OFFSHORE...MAKE 
SURE ALL SAFETY GEAR IS AVAILABLE AND LIFE JACKETS ARE BEING WORN BY 
YOU AND YOUR CREW.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WINDS OVER 34 KNOTS AND
LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS. SMALL CRAFT...ESPECIALLY THOSE UNDER SAIL...
SHOULD MOVE TO A SAFE HARBOR IF POSSIBLE. MAKE SURE YOU AND YOUR CREW
ARE WEARING APPROVED FLOTATION DEVICES DURING THESE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS.

LAT...LON 2719 8022 2720 8023 2716 8027 2724 8033
      2725 8033 2722 8024 2770 8041 2783 8048
      2783 8052 2787 8050 2816 8064 2835 8003
      2698 7945 2697 8010
TIME...MOT...LOC 1751Z 248DEG 19KT 2802 8094 2785 8077
          2766 8065 2735 8077

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