749  
WHUS52 KKEY 041548  
SMWKEY  
GMZ032-033-035-041645-  
/O.NEW.KKEY.MA.W.0148.250704T1548Z-250704T1645Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
1148 AM EDT FRI JUL 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...  
GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT AND  
BEYOND 5 FATHOMS...  
 
* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 1147 AM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GULFSIDE  
PATCH REEF, MOVING EAST AT 15 KNOTS.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.  
 
SOURCE...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, SUDDENLY HIGHER  
WAVES, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.  
 
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...  
GULFSIDE PATCH REEF.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS QUICKLY, AND AS SAFELY AS  
POSSIBLE. WHEN DOWNPOURS REDUCE VISIBILITY, SLOW DOWN.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 2510 8148 2510 8145 2483 8140 2474 8182  
2492 8181 2511 8149  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1547Z 268DEG 14KT 2481 8176  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 
 
 
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