407  
WHUS52 KKEY 011019  
SMWKEY  
GMZ033>035-044-011100-  
/O.NEW.KKEY.MA.W.0307.261001T1019Z-261001T1100Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
619 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...  
GULF OF AMERICA INCLUDING DRY TORTUGAS AND REBECCA SHOAL CHANNEL...  
HAWK CHANNEL FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL  
OUT TO THE REEF...  
 
* UNTIL 700 AM EDT.  
 
* AT 619 AM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELLIS ROCK  
LIGHT, MOVING NORTHWEST 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...  
HALFMOON SHOAL LIGHT, MARQUESAS KEYS, ELLIS ROCK LIGHT, AND NEW  
GROUND ROCKS LIGHT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
PREPARE FOR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, STEEP AND FAST-BUILDING  
SEAS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND BLINDING DOWNPOURS. STAY LOW OR GO  
BELOW, AND MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING LIFE JACKETS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 2488 8219 2457 8205 2456 8210 2458 8210  
2459 8211 2460 8213 2459 8213 2458 8211  
2456 8211 2449 8247 2480 8257  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1019Z 137DEG 18KT 2461 8222  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 
 
 
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