036  
WHUS52 KKEY 041934  
SMWKEY  
GMZ032-035-042000-  
/O.NEW.KKEY.MA.W.0016.250504T1934Z-250504T2000Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
334 PM EDT SUN MAY 4 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...  
BAY AND GULF SIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT TO 5  
FATHOMS...  
 
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 334 PM EDT, A WATERSPOUT WAS LOCATED OVER ANNETTE KEY. THE  
WATERSPOUT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.  
 
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.  
 
SOURCE...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST.  
 
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN CAPSIZE BOATS, DAMAGE VESSELS AND CREATE  
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES. EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34  
KNOTS, SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND  
HEAVY DOWNPOURS.  
 
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...  
LITTLE PINE KEY, ANNETTE KEY, AND HORSESHOE KEY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS  
SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 2476 8119 2470 8132 2471 8134 2469 8134  
2469 8135 2474 8139 2472 8140 2469 8138  
2467 8139 2474 8142 2473 8141 2474 8140  
2476 8143 2478 8144 2486 8126  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 236DEG 5KT 2476 8136  
 
WATERSPOUT...OBSERVED  
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 

 
 
MJV  
 
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