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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
621 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 OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY
OUT 20 NM...
BAYSIDE AND GULF SIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE
BRIDGE...
FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BARNES SOUND, BLACKWATER SOUND, AND
BUTTONWOOD SOUND...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT.
* AT 620 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SPRIGGER BANK
LIGHT, 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...
OXFOOT BANK LIGHT, COON KEY, WHALE HARBOR, TWIN KEYS, FLORIDA BAY,
END KEY, AND STEAM BOAT CHANNEL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS QUICKLY, AND AS SAFELY AS
POSSIBLE. WHEN DOWNPOURS REDUCE VISIBILITY, SLOW DOWN.
LAT...LON 2513 8063 2497 8058 2495 8060 2495 8057
2487 8055 2484 8073 2484 8081 2481 8098
2499 8104
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 254DEG 13KT 2492 8094
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
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