223  
WHUS52 KKEY 032044  
SMWKEY  
GMZ042-052-032115-  
/O.NEW.KKEY.MA.W.0110.260603T2044Z-260603T2115Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
444 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...  
 
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 444 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPIEGEL  
GROVE, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 KNOTS.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.  
 
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...  
FRENCH REF, SPIEGEL GROVE, AND THE ELBOW LIGHT.  
 
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 2504 8037 2516 8024 2503 8002 2485 8021  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 311DEG 25KT 2505 8026  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 

 
 
MJV  
 
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