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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
458 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CASCO BAY...
  NORTHERN COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE ELIZABETH, ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER,
  MA OUT 25 NM...
  WESTERN COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT CLYDE, ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH, ME
  OUT 25 NM...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 453 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER
  FROM 8 MILES WEST OF PORTLAND HARBOR TO 15 MILES WEST OF CAPE
  ELIZABETH...MOVING EAST AT 8 KT.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
  PORTLAND HEAD LIGHT...PORTLAND BUOY AND CASCO BAY.
MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 KNOTS AND ABRUPT WIND 
SHIFTS...HIGH WAVES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINS WITH 
NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY 
...UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE...KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.
THIS STORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. IF CAUGHT ON THE OPEN WATER
STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL OR STRONG WINDS DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO
SAFELY.
LAT...LON 4356 7034 4356 7032 4355 7030 4357 7027
      4356 7024 4357 7021 4362 7021 4364 7023
      4363 7026 4364 7029 4367 7024 4371 7025
      4375 7014 4356 7008 4341 7027 4344 7037
      4347 7038
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 279DEG 8KT 4366 7038 4360 7036
          4351 7048
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SJC