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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
702 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 730 AM EDT.
* AT 702 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 2429 8239 2409 8230 2399 8253 2427 8260
TIME...MOT...LOC 1102Z 074DEG 1KT 2415 8246
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
MJV
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