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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Special Marine Warning

National Weather Service Key West FL

400 PM EDT Tue Aug 19 2025



The National Weather Service in Key West has issued a



* Special Marine Warning for...

  Hawk Channel and Straits of Florida from Ocean Reef to Craig Key

  out 20 nm...

  Bayside and Gulf side from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile

  Bridge...

  Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and

  Buttonwood Sound...



* Until 430 PM EDT.



* At 359 PM EDT, an outflow boundary and associated strong 

  thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 nm 

  northeast of Snake Bight to Crocodile Dragover to Boggy Key, 

  moving southwest at 25 knots.



  HAZARD...Wind gusts 35 to 40 knots.



  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...

  Coon Key, Tavernier Creek, Dump Keys, Mosquito Point, Twin Keys,

  End Key, and First National Bank.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Boaters should seek safe harbor as quickly, and as safely as

possible. When downpours reduce visibility, slow down.



&&



LAT...LON 2521 8035 2519 8041 2518 8036 2521 8033

      2517 8036 2516 8036 2516 8046 2517 8046

      2486 8049 2485 8089 2507 8107 2516 8081

      2522 8084 2515 8072 2521 8073 2514 8071

      2521 8063

TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 030DEG 26KT 2527 8078 2517 8069 2517 8045 



HAIL...0.00IN

WIND...>34KTS



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