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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
700 AM EDT THU OCT 1 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
HAWK CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM CRAIG KEY TO HALFMOON
SHOAL OUT 20 NM...
BAY AND GULF SIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT TO 5
FATHOMS...
GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT AND
BEYOND 5 FATHOMS...
* UNTIL 745 AM EDT.
* AT 700 AM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOOE KEY
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...
BIG PINE SHOAL, GULFSIDE 10 REEF, ANNETTE KEY, HOWE KEY, SNIPE
POINT, NINEFOOT SHOAL, AND MONEY KEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS QUICKLY, AND AS SAFELY AS
POSSIBLE. WHEN DOWNPOURS REDUCE VISIBILITY, SLOW DOWN.
LAT...LON 2473 8106 2471 8113 2471 8110 2470 8112
2469 8108 2472 8106 2445 8096 2431 8159
2456 8168 2458 8165 2458 8167 2460 8167
2460 8165 2463 8171 2489 8181 2500 8116
TIME...MOT...LOC 1100Z 139DEG 22KT 2449 8141
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
AP
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