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WHUS52 KKEY 040637
SMWKEY
GMZ042-052-072-040700-
/O.NEW.KKEY.MA.W.0075.260504T0637Z-260504T0700Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
237 AM EDT MON MAY 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 60 NM...
* UNTIL 300 AM EDT.
* AT 237 AM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ISLAMORADA
HUMP, MOVING EAST AT 20 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, SUDDENLY HIGHER
WAVES, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
SOUTH RIPS, ISLAMORADA HUMP, DAVIS REEF LIGHT, FLOYD'S WALL
NORTHEAST, AND EAGLE WRECK.
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 2473 8059 2493 8056 2493 8017 2466 8021
TIME...MOT...LOC 0637Z 274DEG 19KT 2482 8047
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
AJP
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