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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
620 PM EDT FRI SEP 18 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...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT.
* AT 620 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RACCOON KEY,
MOVING SOUTHWEST 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...
RACCOON KEY, WATER KEYS, CONTENT KEYS, SNIPE POINT, AND GULFSIDE 5
REEF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS QUICKLY, AND AS SAFELY AS
POSSIBLE. WHEN DOWNPOURS REDUCE VISIBILITY, SLOW DOWN.
LAT...LON 2480 8140 2476 8137 2476 8139 2475 8141
2475 8143 2474 8142 2474 8145 2467 8163
2468 8164 2467 8164 2465 8170 2483 8175
2490 8150
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 066DEG 20KT 2478 8158
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
MJV
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