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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
421 PM 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 CRAIG KEY
OUT 20 NM...
FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BARNES SOUND, BLACKWATER SOUND, AND
BUTTONWOOD SOUND...
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT.
* AT 421 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER JEWFISH
CREEK, MOVING EAST AT 15 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER AND SMALL HAIL.
SOURCE...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST.
IMPACT...EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, SUDDENLY HIGHER
WAVES, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
KEY LARGO DRY ROCKS, DUSENBERRY CREEK, GROUPER CREEK, MOSQUITO BANK
LIGHT, FRENCH REF, JEWFISH CREEK, AND SPIEGEL GROVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS QUICKLY, AND AS SAFELY AS
POSSIBLE. WHEN DOWNPOURS REDUCE VISIBILITY, SLOW DOWN.
INTENSE AND CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. STAY
LOW, OR GO BELOW. LOWER VHF ANTENNA, OUTRIGGERS, FISHING RODS, AND
UMBRELLAS.
LAT...LON 2524 8033 2521 8035 2524 8032 2520 8006
2494 8021 2504 8047 2510 8043 2509 8045
2515 8045 2510 8042 2516 8036 2516 8039
2514 8040 2522 8043 2521 8042 2522 8042
2525 8043
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 283DEG 17KT 2517 8039
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
MJV
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