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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1234 PM EDT WED SEP 17 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST
OUT 20 NM...
GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM...
* UNTIL 130 PM EDT
* AT 1227 PM EDT...OBSERVERS IN THE TOWER AT KEY WEST AIRPORT
SPOTTED A WATERSPOUT THREE MILES EAST OF THEIR LOCATION. THIS
WATERSPOUT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
BOATERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL WATERSPOUT DEVELOPMENT.
CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR ADDITIONAL WATERSPOUTS TO FORM
IN THE WARNING AREA.
WATERSPOUTS TEND TO FORM WITHIN LONG CLOUD LINES...AND ARE MOST
LIKELY TO FORM UNDER A LARGE CLOUD BUILDUP WITH A DARK FLAT BASE.
LAT...LON 2471 8137 2470 8137 2467 8135 2463 8133
2452 8180 2462 8180 2470 8151 2471 8152
2471 8150 2474 8138
TIME...MOT...LOC 1629Z 270DEG 2KT 2460 8172
DFM/KBK/WAH
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