572  
WHUS52 KKEY 170446  
SMWKEY  
GMZ055-075-170530-  
/O.NEW.KKEY.MA.W.0332.250917T0446Z-250917T0530Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
1246 AM EDT WED SEP 17 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...  
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM HALFMOON SHOAL TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY  
TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM...  
 
* UNTIL 130 AM EDT.  
 
* AT 1246 AM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 22 NM SOUTHWEST  
OF TWENTY-EIGHT FOOT SHOAL LIGHT, 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.  
 
* THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.  
 
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 2439 8259 2402 8249 2361 8267 2359 8278  
2361 8290 2366 8310 2375 8320 2381 8323  
2399 8327 2410 8329 2425 8329  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0446Z 083DEG 12KT 2413 8266  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 
 
 
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