Special Marine Warning — Coastal waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL out 20 NM Severity: Severe. Certainty: Likely. SMWJAX The National Weather Service in Jacksonville has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Coastal waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL out 20 NM... * Until 1100 PM EDT. * At 958 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing waterspouts was located 15 nm east of Jacksonville Beach, or 27 nm north of Saint Augustine, moving north at 10 knots. HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts 34 knots or greater. 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. * The severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly open waters.
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