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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Key West FL
430 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 500 PM EDT.

* At 430 PM EDT, an outflow boundary and associated strong
  thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Frank Key
  to Little Rabbit Key to Plantation Key, moving southwest 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...
  Coon Key, Dump Keys, Mosquito Point, Twin Keys, End Key, First
  National Bank, and Cotton Key.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Boaters should seek safe harbor as quickly, and as safely as
possible. When downpours reduce visibility, slow down.

&&

LAT...LON 2521 8047 2506 8048 2495 8060 2486 8049
      2485 8089 2507 8107 2516 8081 2520 8083
      2515 8077 2515 8072 2516 8075 2517 8075
      2518 8074 2517 8074 2520 8073 2514 8071
      2516 8065 2521 8063
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 030DEG 26KT 2508 8090 2498 8081 2498 8057

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

$$

LIW