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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
240 AM EDT SUN MAY 3 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
GULF OF AMERICA INCLUDING DRY TORTUGAS AND REBECCA SHOAL CHANNEL...
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM HALFMOON SHOAL TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY
TORTUGAS OUT 20 NM...
* UNTIL 330 AM EDT.
* AT 239 AM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 NM SOUTHWEST OF
DRY TORTUGAS LIGHT, OR 9 NM SOUTH OF TORTUGAS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE
NORTH, MOVING EAST AT 10 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER AND SMALL HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, SUDDENLY HIGHER
WAVES, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
FORT JEFFERSON, DRY TORTUGAS, PULASKI SHOAL LIGHT, AND DRY TORTUGAS
LIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE FOR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, STEEP AND FAST-BUILDING
SEAS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND BLINDING DOWNPOURS. STAY LOW OR GO
BELOW, AND MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING LIFE JACKETS.
LAT...LON 2468 8312 2473 8277 2443 8276 2444 8315
TIME...MOT...LOC 0639Z 264DEG 12KT 2457 8304
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
AJP
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