Special Marine Warning

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 345 PM EDT.

* At 243 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Jacksonville Beach, or 24 nm north of Saint Augustine, moving northeast at 20 knots.

HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.

* Locations impacted include... Atlantic Beach, Palm Valley, Jacksonville Beach, South Ponte Vedra Beach, Guana River State Park, and Saint Johns Lighted Buoy.