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WHUS52 KKEY 040732
SMWKEY
GMZ052-053-072-073-040800-
/O.NEW.KKEY.MA.W.0078.260504T0732Z-260504T0800Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
332 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 WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE
OUT 60 NM...
* UNTIL 400 AM EDT.
* AT 332 AM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 NM NORTH OF
MARATHON HUMPS, 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...
RIPS AND 409 HUMPS.
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 2448 8089 2466 8082 2466 8040 2437 8044
TIME...MOT...LOC 0732Z 271DEG 27KT 2457 8075
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
AJP
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