490  
WHUS52 KKEY 170523  
SMWKEY  
GMZ035-044-054-170600-  
/O.NEW.KKEY.MA.W.0333.250917T0523Z-250917T0600Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
123 AM EDT WED SEP 17 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 OF AMERICA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON  
SHOAL OUT TO 5 FATHOMS...  
 
* UNTIL 200 AM EDT.  
 
* AT 123 AM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COSGROVE  
SHOAL LIGHT, MOVING WEST 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...  
COSGROVE SHOAL LIGHT AND MARQUESAS KEYS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS QUICKLY, AND AS SAFELY AS  
POSSIBLE. WHEN DOWNPOURS REDUCE VISIBILITY, SLOW DOWN.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 2460 8228 2457 8211 2456 8211 2457 8210  
2455 8200 2442 8207 2444 8234  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0523Z 099DEG 17KT 2450 8215  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 
 
 
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