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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
415 PM EDT Thu May 9 2024

The National Weather Service in Jacksonville has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  Coastal waters from Altamaha Sound to Fernandina Beach FL out 20
  NM...
  Waters from Altamaha Sound GA to Fernandina Beach FL from 20 to 60
  NM...

* Until 615 PM EDT.

* At 415 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing
  waterspouts were located along a line extending from 9 nm west of
  Altamaha Sound to 19 nm west of Jekyll Island, moving east at 35
  knots.

  HAZARD...Waterspouts, wind gusts to nearly 50 knots, and small
           hail.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally
           hazardous seas. Small craft could be damaged in briefly
           higher winds and suddenly higher waves.

* Locations impacted include...
  Buoy Hlha, High Point, Buoy F, Jekyll Island, Buoy Cdh, St Simons
  Island Village, St. Simons Island, Saint Andrews Sound, Buoy Kby,
  Dungeness, Saint Marys Entrance Buoy 16, St Simons Sound Buoy 9,
  and Cumberland Island.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for northeastern
Florida...southeastern Georgia...and the adjacent coastal waters.

&&

LAT...LON 3130 8142 3128 8138 3130 8137 3130 8131
      3123 8085 3111 8028 3071 8043 3057 8041
      3069 8143 3065 8143 3066 8148 3069 8146
      3066 8149 3072 8169
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 285DEG 35KT 3136 8148 3111 8179

WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...49KTS

$$

ENYEDI