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WHUS52 KKEY 091945
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GMZ033-035-044-054-092015-
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
345 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 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 415 PM EDT.
* AT 345 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BOCA GRANDE,
MOVING EAST AT 15 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...
VANDENBERG, JOE'S TUG, WESTERN DRY ROCKS, EAST SAMBO, SNIPE POINT,
COTTRELL KEY, AND EASTERN DRY ROCKS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS QUICKLY, AND AS SAFELY AS
POSSIBLE. WHEN DOWNPOURS REDUCE VISIBILITY, SLOW DOWN.
LAT...LON 2468 8163 2467 8165 2467 8163 2464 8162
2462 8162 2462 8161 2460 8160 2459 8161
2459 8160 2438 8151 2439 8213 2477 8219
2484 8170
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 273DEG 14KT 2456 8199
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
AP
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