373  
WHUS52 KKEY 170240  
SMWKEY  
GMZ044-054-170315-  
/O.NEW.KKEY.MA.W.0326.250917T0240Z-250917T0315Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
1040 PM EDT TUE SEP 16 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...  
 
* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 1040 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WESTERN DRY  
ROCKS, MOVING WEST 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...  
WESTERN DRY ROCKS.  
 
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 8212 2452 8191 2437 8184 2429 8208  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 081DEG 8KT 2443 8196  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 

 
 
MJV  
 
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