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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
815 AM EDT SAT AUG 9 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT...
* UNTIL 845 AM EDT.
* AT 815 AM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 16 NM NORTHEAST OF
ELBOW CAY, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 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.
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.
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 2418 7994 2415 7998 2414 8000 2410 8005
2408 8009 2406 8011 2419 8024 2440 8011
2420 7991
TIME...MOT...LOC 1215Z 236DEG 7KT 2416 8009
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
AP
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