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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
608 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
HAWK CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE
BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT 60 NM...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT.
* AT 608 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 NM SOUTH OF
COSGROVE SHOAL LIGHT, MOVING NORTH AT 10 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, SUDDENLY HIGHER
WAVES, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
COSGROVE SHOAL LIGHT, WESTERN DRY ROCKS, AND TWENTY-EIGHT FOOT
SHOAL LIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE FOR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, STEEP AND FAST-BUILDING
SEAS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND BLINDING DOWNPOURS. STAY LOW OR GO
BELOW, AND MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING LIFE JACKETS.
LAT...LON 2416 8199 2424 8228 2422 8242 2450 8245
2446 8192
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 181DEG 11KT 2427 8211
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
AJP
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