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Special Marine Warning for Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays; Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays; Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM +1 more

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For the following areas... Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM... Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel out 20 NM... Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays... Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays... At 924 AM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 21 nm...

What the bulletin says to do

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes. Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are expected. Frequent lightning is occurring with these storms. If caught on the open water stay below deck if possible, keep away from ungrounded metal objects.

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For the following areas... Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM... Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel out 20 NM... Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays... Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays... At 924 AM CDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 21 nm southeast of Rockport to 18 nm east of Ingleside On The Bay to 7 nm east of Port Aransas, moving east at 20 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 knots. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect wind gusts in excess of 34 knots, suddenly higher waves, frequent lightning, and heavy downpours. Make sure all on board are wearing life jackets. Locations impacted include... Port Aransas and Rockport.

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4 captured
  1. Update

    Special Marine Warning issued August 2 at 9:25AM CDT until August 2 at 9:45AM CDT by NWS Corpus Christi TX

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  2. Update

    Special Marine Warning issued August 2 at 9:14AM CDT until August 2 at 9:45AM CDT by NWS Corpus Christi TX

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  3. Update

    Special Marine Warning issued August 2 at 8:50AM CDT until August 2 at 9:45AM CDT by NWS Corpus Christi TX

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  4. Alert

    Special Marine Warning issued August 2 at 8:17AM CDT until August 2 at 9:45AM CDT by NWS Corpus Christi TX

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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Corpus Christi TX. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.

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