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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Key West FL
741 PM EDT Thu Sep 19 2024

The National Weather Service in Key West has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  Hawk Channel and Straits of Florida from west end of Seven Mile
  Bridge to 20 nm west of Dry Tortugas out 20 nm...
  Gulf of Mexico from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal
  out to 5 fathoms...
  Gulf of Mexico including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal Channel...
  Gulf Waters from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee 20 to 60 nm out and
  beyond 5 fathoms...

* Until 845 PM EDT.

* At 741 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near New Ground Rocks Light to near Fort Jefferson,
  moving southeast at 5 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...
  Rebecca Shoal Light, Halfmoon Shoal Light, Dry Tortugas,
  Twenty-Eight Foot Shoal Light, Dry Tortugas Light, Fort Jefferson,
  and Cosgrove Shoal 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 2467 8296 2471 8237 2444 8201 2434 8278
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 314DEG 7KT 2462 8237 2461 8281

HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS

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