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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
727 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT AND
BEYOND 5 FATHOMS...
GULF OF AMERICA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON
SHOAL OUT TO 5 FATHOMS...
HAWK CHANNEL FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL
OUT TO THE REEF...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT.
* AT 727 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EASTERN DRY
ROCKS. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
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...
BOCA GRANDE, NORTHWEST CHANNEL BUOY 1, AND COTTRELL KEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
INTENSE AND CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. STAY
LOW, OR GO BELOW. LOWER VHF ANTENNA, OUTRIGGERS, FISHING RODS, AND
UMBRELLAS.
LAT...LON 2461 8176 2457 8176 2456 8177 2457 8178
2456 8179 2459 8180 2457 8180 2455 8181
2454 8181 2455 8176 2448 8177 2448 8204
2469 8200
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 097DEG 5KT 2454 8183
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
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