103  
WHUS52 KKEY 041642 RRA  
SMWKEY  
GMZ035-044-041715-  
/O.NEW.KKEY.MA.W.0151.250704T1642Z-250704T1715Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
1242 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...  
GULF OF AMERICA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON  
SHOAL OUT TO 5 FATHOMS...  
HAWK CHANNEL FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL  
OUT TO THE REEF...  
 
* UNTIL 115 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 1242 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CUDJOE BAY,  
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...  
ANNETTE KEY, HOWE KEY, BIG MUNSON ISLAND, RACCOON KEY, SNIPE POINT,  
COOKS ISLAND, AND WATER KEYS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS QUICKLY, AND AS SAFELY AS  
POSSIBLE. WHEN DOWNPOURS REDUCE VISIBILITY, SLOW DOWN.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 2487 8143 2476 8138 2475 8139 2475 8137  
2468 8135 2470 8137 2472 8137 2474 8140  
2471 8139 2466 8137 2466 8134 2465 8134  
2460 8131 2457 8164 2470 8168  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1642Z 247DEG 14KT 2466 8157  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 
 
 
CLR  
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
The Nexlab FL Page
Main Text Page