Special Marine Warning

SMWJAX

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... Coastal waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL out 20 NM...

* Until 445 PM EDT.

* At 401 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing waterspouts was located 11 nm south of Jekyll Island, or 17 nm south of St. Simons Island, moving northeast at 15 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.

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