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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
244 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 315 PM EDT.
* AT 244 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COSGROVE
SHOAL LIGHT, MOVING EAST 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...
HALFMOON SHOAL LIGHT, MARQUESAS KEYS, BOCA GRANDE, TWENTY-EIGHT
FOOT SHOAL LIGHT, COSGROVE SHOAL LIGHT, ELLIS ROCK LIGHT, AND NEW
GROUND ROCKS LIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS QUICKLY, AND AS SAFELY AS
POSSIBLE. WHEN DOWNPOURS REDUCE VISIBILITY, SLOW DOWN.
LAT...LON 2473 8244 2473 8198 2434 8199 2442 8254
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 261DEG 8KT 2452 8227
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
AP
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