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 630 PM EDT.

* At 502 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 18 nm west of Talbot Island, or 40 nm northwest of Saint Augustine, moving east at 10 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, Mayport, Nassau Sound Approach Buoy 6a, Amelia City, Buoy Cdh, Palm Valley, Jacksonville Beach, Talbot Island, Buoy Kby, Saint Johns Lighted Buoy, Dungeness, Saint Marys Entrance Buoy 16, Cumberland Island, and Whittakers Snapper Hole Reef.