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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1017 PM EDT THU JUL 23 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...
* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT.
* AT 1017 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AMERICAN
SHOAL LIGHT, MOVING WEST AT 20 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...
WESTERN SAMBO, VANDENBERG, JOE'S TUG, PELICAN SHOAL, EAST SAMBO,
AND AMERICAN SHOAL LIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS QUICKLY, AND AS SAFELY AS
POSSIBLE. WHEN DOWNPOURS REDUCE VISIBILITY, SLOW DOWN.
LAT...LON 2442 8176 2457 8172 2457 8171 2456 8172
2456 8169 2457 8168 2454 8145 2440 8146
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 090DEG 21KT 2446 8153
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
MJV
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