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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
320 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2026
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...
FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BARNES SOUND, BLACKWATER SOUND, AND
BUTTONWOOD SOUND...
* UNTIL 415 PM EST.
* AT 319 PM EST, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BAKER CUT,
MOVING SOUTH AT 10 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER AND SMALL HAIL.
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...
BUTTONWOOD SOUND, DUSENBERRY CREEK, MOSQUITO BANK LIGHT, BLACKWATER
SOUND, FRENCH REF, TAVERNIER, AND MOLASSES REEF LIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS QUICKLY, AND AS SAFELY AS
POSSIBLE. WHEN DOWNPOURS REDUCE VISIBILITY, SLOW DOWN.
LAT...LON 2519 8043 2514 8040 2515 8044 2517 8046
2515 8046 2512 8042 2507 8047 2512 8038
2490 8023 2476 8059 2494 8061 2495 8057
2501 8052 2501 8054 2498 8056 2495 8060
2513 8063
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 340DEG 12KT 2509 8052
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
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