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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
941 AM EDT SAT AUG 9 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BARNES SOUND, BLACKWATER SOUND, AND
BUTTONWOOD SOUND...
HAWK CHANNEL FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT TO THE REEF...
* UNTIL 1015 AM EDT.
* AT 941 AM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BLACKWATER
SOUND, MOVING NORTH AT 10 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...
JEWFISH CREEK, TARPON BASIN, BLACKWATER SOUND, BARNES SOUND, AND
NORTH NEST KEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS QUICKLY, AND AS SAFELY AS
POSSIBLE. WHEN DOWNPOURS REDUCE VISIBILITY, SLOW DOWN.
LAT...LON 2530 8023 2510 8036 2511 8040 2516 8036
2515 8038 2518 8037 2514 8040 2516 8046
2512 8042 2513 8044 2516 8058 2524 8055
2522 8051 2524 8051 2520 8050 2523 8050
2530 8039 2527 8033 2522 8033 2532 8027
TIME...MOT...LOC 1341Z 201DEG 8KT 2520 8043
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
AP
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