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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
320 AM EDT MON MAY 4 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 60 NM...
* UNTIL 345 AM EDT.
* AT 319 AM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 NM NORTHEAST OF
FLOYD'S WALL NORTHEAST, MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
FLOYD'S WALL NORTHEAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50
KNOTS, EXTREMELY ROUGH SEAS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS. BE ADVISED THAT ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN SPAWN A
WATERSPOUT OR TORNADO. STAY LOW OR GO BELOW, AND MAKE SURE ALL ON
BOARD ARE WEARING LIFE JACKETS.
LAT...LON 2451 7989 2463 8032 2493 8023 2495 7981
TIME...MOT...LOC 0719Z 278DEG 25KT 2477 8013
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
AJP
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