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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
1049 PM EDT Wed Jun 26 2024

The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  Block Island Sound...
  Buzzards Bay...
  Coastal Waters from Montauk NY to Marthas Vineyard extending out to
  20 nm South of Block Island...
  Narragansett Bay...
  Ocean Waters from Montauk NY to Marthas Vineyard from 25 to 40 NM
  offshore...
  Rhode Island Sound...

* Until 1145 PM EDT.

* At 1048 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 31 nm west of Providence to 20 nm west of Cranston
  to Napeague Bay, moving east at 50 knots.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts in excess of 50 knots.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Boats could suffer significant structural damage in high
           winds. Small craft could capsize in suddenly higher
           waves.

* Locations impacted include...
  The Coastal Waters Southeast Of Block Island, Buoy 44097 Southeast
  Of Block Island, Block Island Sound, Sakonnet Point Light, Mount
  Hope Bay, Point Judith Light, Quonset Point, Melville, Greenwich
  Bay, Popasquash Point, Plum Beach Light, Watch Hill, Charlestown
  Breachway, Dutch Harbor Light, The Coastal Waters West Of Block
  Island, Castle Hill Light, Narragansett Bay, Horseneck Beach,
  Warwick Light, and Bristol Harbor.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Frequent lightning is occurring with these storms. If caught on the
open water stay below deck if possible, keep away from ungrounded
metal objects.

&&

LAT...LON 4132 7187 4140 7151 4151 7145 4161 7148
      4171 7146 4173 7141 4183 7144 4188 7138
      4174 7123 4184 7110 4180 7103 4163 7117
      4151 7116 4164 7108 4162 7104 4088 7099
      4077 7162 4107 7186
TIME...MOT...LOC 0248Z 252DEG 49KT 4201 7208 4172 7194 4102 7203

HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...50KTS

$$
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