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Special Marine Warning issued October 22 at 8:39AM PDT until October 22 at 9:30AM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA

Special Marine Warning · Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal westward out to 10 NM; Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal from 10 to 60 NM. Severe; likely; urgency: immediate.

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Bulletin issued: 22 October 2026 at 15:39 UTC
First saved by us: 22 October 2026 at 15:42 UTC
Last included in a daily record: 22 October 2026
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Source classification: Severe · Source alert

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Issuer / area: NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA · Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal westward out to 10 NM; Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal from 10 to 60 NM
Certainty / urgency: Likely / Immediate
Message expiry (not hazard end): 22 October 2026 at 16:30 UTC
Forecast onset / end: 22 October 2026 at 15:39 UTC / 22 October 2026 at 16:30 UTC

Archived official description

SMWLOX The National Weather Service in OXNARD has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal from 10 to 60 NM... Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal westward out to 10 NM... * Until 930 AM PDT. * At 839 AM PDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing waterspouts was located near Point Piedras Blancas, or 25 nm northwest of Morro Bay, moving northeast at 10 knots. HAZARD...Waterspouts possible and wind gusts 34 knots or greater. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include... Point Piedras Blancas... and Cambria.

Instructions in this archived message

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes. Thunderstorms can produce sudden waterspouts. Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. Seek safe harbor immediately.

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22 October 2026 at 15:42 UTC

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Our first saved version of Special Marine Warning issued October 22 at 8:39AM PDT until October 22 at 9:30AM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

Bulletin issued: 22 October 2026 at 15:39 UTC

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