717  
WHUS52 KKEY 010936  
SMWKEY  
GMZ033-035-044-011000-  
/O.NEW.KKEY.MA.W.0305.261001T0936Z-261001T1000Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
536 AM EDT THU OCT 1 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 600 AM EDT.  
 
* AT 536 AM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SNIPE POINT,  
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 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...  
SNIPE POINT, GULFSIDE 5 REEF, NINEFOOT SHOAL, AND STOCK ISLAND.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS QUICKLY, AND AS SAFELY AS  
POSSIBLE. WHEN DOWNPOURS REDUCE VISIBILITY, SLOW DOWN.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 2467 8152 2469 8155 2469 8157 2467 8157  
2467 8155 2465 8152 2465 8153 2464 8152  
2460 8150 2450 8167 2458 8174 2458 8173  
2459 8173 2461 8177 2477 8191 2490 8161  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0936Z 122DEG 25KT 2462 8164  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 
 
 
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