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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
204 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 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 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS 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...
GULF OF AMERICA INCLUDING DRY TORTUGAS AND REBECCA SHOAL CHANNEL...
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT.
* AT 204 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NEW GROUND
ROCKS LIGHT, MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...
REBECCA SHOAL LIGHT, HALFMOON SHOAL LIGHT, ELLIS ROCK LIGHT,
TWENTY-EIGHT FOOT SHOAL LIGHT, AND NEW GROUND ROCKS 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 2453 8277 2482 8248 2479 8204 2435 8233
TIME...MOT...LOC 1804Z 293DEG 10KT 2464 8247
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
AP
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