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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
709 PM EDT FRI SEP 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
GULF OF AMERICA INCLUDING DRY TORTUGAS AND REBECCA SHOAL CHANNEL...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT.
* AT 709 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR W TOWER,
MOVING SOUTH AT 10 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...
W TOWER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS QUICKLY, AND AS SAFELY AS
POSSIBLE. WHEN DOWNPOURS REDUCE VISIBILITY, SLOW DOWN.
INTENSE AND CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. STAY
LOW, OR GO BELOW. LOWER VHF ANTENNA, OUTRIGGERS, FISHING RODS, AND
UMBRELLAS.
LAT...LON 2496 8296 2502 8271 2484 8257 2474 8277
2476 8294
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 353DEG 9KT 2489 8277
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
MJV
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