Special Marine Warning

SMWTBW

The National Weather Service in Tampa Bay Ruskin has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for... Tampa Bay waters... Coastal waters from Englewood to Tarpon Springs FL out 20 NM...

* Until 700 PM EDT.

* At 612 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line from 7 NM west of Pass-A-Grille Channel to over Tampa Bay, moving southwest at 20 knots.

HAZARD...Wind gusts to 34 knots.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include... Egmont Key, Fort Desoto Park, Pass-A-Grille Channel, Tierra Verde, Pass-A-Grille Beach, Southwest Channel, St. Pete Beach, Passage Key Inlet, Saint Pete Beach Reef, Anna Maria, Anna Maria Island, Sunshine Skyway Bridge, Manatee 3 Mile North Reef, Holmes Beach, Treasure Island, Manatee 7 Mile North Reef, Johns Pass, Manatee 1 Mile Reef, Treasure Island Reef and Madeira Beach.