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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1039 AM EDT WED JUN 3 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 WEST END OF
SEVEN MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM...
BAYSIDE AND GULF SIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE
BRIDGE...
FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BARNES SOUND, BLACKWATER SOUND, AND
BUTTONWOOD SOUND...
* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT.
* AT 1039 AM EDT, A POSSIBLE WATERSPOUT WAS LOCATED OVER TENNESSEE
REEF LIGHT. THE POSSIBLE WATERSPOUT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...RADAR.
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.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
CRAIG KEY AND TENNESSEE REEF LIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS
SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 2487 8063 2468 8061 2469 8087 2479 8087
2482 8081 2481 8081 2482 8080 2481 8080
2483 8079 2484 8076 2485 8069
TIME...MOT...LOC 1439Z 263DEG 5KT 2476 8081
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
AJP
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