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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1217 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
HAWK CHANNEL FROM OCEAN REEF TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE OUT
TO THE REEF...
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 1245 AM EDT.
* AT 1216 AM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LONG KEY
VIADUCT. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
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...
PETERSON KEYS, CRAIG KEY, SPRIGGER BANK LIGHT, CHANNEL KEY PASS
LIGHT, AND LONG KEY VIADUCT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS QUICKLY, AND AS SAFELY AS
POSSIBLE. WHEN DOWNPOURS REDUCE VISIBILITY, SLOW DOWN.
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 2492 8073 2476 8076 2479 8087 2479 8089
2480 8092 2481 8100 2499 8096
TIME...MOT...LOC 0416Z 101DEG 2KT 2485 8087
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
MC
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