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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1045 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 WEST END OF SEVEN MILE
BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT 20 NM...
GULF OF AMERICA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON
SHOAL OUT TO 5 FATHOMS...
* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT.
* AT 1045 AM EDT, A WATERSPOUT WAS LOCATED NEAR EASTERN DRY ROCKS.
THE WATERSPOUT WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...PUBLIC.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN CAPSIZE BOATS, DAMAGE 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...
WESTERN SAMBO, VANDENBERG, JOE'S TUG, STOCK ISLAND, EASTERN DRY
ROCKS, SAND KEY LIGHT, AND KEY WEST SEA BOUY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS
SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 2442 8190 2460 8190 2464 8173 2464 8172
2465 8169 2459 8169 2459 8170 2456 8172
2456 8169 2438 8169
TIME...MOT...LOC 1445Z 269DEG 3KT 2452 8183
WATERSPOUT...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
AJP
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