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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
630 AM EDT FRI APR 24 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO 20 NM WEST
OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM...
* UNTIL 700 AM EDT.
* AT 630 AM EDT, A POSSIBLE STRONG WATERSPOUT WAS LOCATED 16 NM SOUTH
OF TWENTY-EIGHT FOOT SHOAL LIGHT. THE POSSIBLE STRONG WATERSPOUT
WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN QUICKLY FORM AND CAPSIZE BOATS, CAUSE
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO VESSELS AND CREATE SUDDENLY HIGHER
WAVES. EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, SUDDENLY
HIGHER WAVES, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
* THE POSSIBLE STRONG WATERSPOUT WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS
SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 2410 8233 2405 8252 2423 8261 2430 8233
TIME...MOT...LOC 1030Z 161DEG 2KT 2415 8244
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
MJV
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