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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
758 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM HALFMOON SHOAL TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY
TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT.
* AT 757 PM EDT, A STRONG WATERSPOUT WAS LOCATED 36 NM SOUTH OF
TORTUGAS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE SOUTH, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN 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.
* THE STRONG WATERSPOUT WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.
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.
WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS
SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 2361 8293 2385 8307 2401 8288 2375 8268
2361 8289
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 323DEG 15KT 2385 8294
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
MJV
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