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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
830 PM EST WED MAR 4 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 900 PM EST.
* AT 830 PM EST, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOLASSES REEF
LIGHT, MOVING WEST AT 20 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...
HENS & CHICKENS LIGHT, MOSQUITO BANK LIGHT, COWPENS CUT, PLANTATION
KEY, DAVIS REEF LIGHT, FRENCH REF, AND BAKER CUT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS QUICKLY, AND AS SAFELY AS
POSSIBLE. WHEN DOWNPOURS REDUCE VISIBILITY, SLOW DOWN.
LAT...LON 2510 8044 2509 8046 2507 8047 2509 8043
2497 8019 2480 8026 2489 8063 2494 8061
2495 8057 2503 8049 2504 8049 2501 8052
2501 8054 2498 8056 2496 8059 2495 8060
2514 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 112DEG 21KT 2492 8031
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
LIW
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