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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
320 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR THE COASTAL WATERS...

  FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO CAPE CANAVERAL OUT TO 20 NM.

* UNTIL 415 PM EST

* AT 317 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OVER 35 KNOTS SOUTH OF
PLAYALINDA BEACH...ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF PORT CANAVERAL...MOVING
NORTH AT 25 MPH.

*THE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE OFF THE COAST SOUTH OF PLAYALINDA BEACH
BY 330 PM.

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.

THE STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AND FUNNEL CLOUDS AND
MAY PROUDCE A WATERSPOUT AS IT MOVES OFFSHORE.  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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2866 7953 2847 8051 2855 8066 2947 8111
      2948 7999
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 187DEG 25KT 2860 8058

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BRAGAW