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WHUS52 KKEY 090036
SMWKEY
GMZ033-035-044-054-090100-
/O.NEW.KKEY.MA.W.0200.250809T0036Z-250809T0100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
836 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 20 NM...
GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT AND
BEYOND 5 FATHOMS...
GULF OF AMERICA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON
SHOAL OUT TO 5 FATHOMS...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.
* AT 835 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER STOCK ISLAND,
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...
STOCK ISLAND, PELICAN SHOAL, EAST SAMBO, AND SNIPE POINT.
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 2473 8157 2465 8159 2465 8161 2464 8160
2463 8162 2462 8162 2464 8159 2461 8160
2459 8160 2460 8161 2449 8162 2449 8182
2473 8186
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 181DEG 8KT 2457 8172
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
AJP
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