Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
848 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
  STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE
  BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 843 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS...AND
  GUSTY WINDS OVER 40 KNOTS AROUND 18 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF
  MARATHON HUMPS...MOVING NORTH AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS.

PREPARE FOR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 KNOTS...STEEP AND
FAST-BUILDING SEAS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND BLINDING
DOWNPOURS. STAY LOW OR GO BELOW...AND MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE
WEARING LIFE JACKETS.

LAT...LON 2420 8039 2427 8058 2460 8048 2465 8040
      2457 8018
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 202DEG 11KT 2432 8045

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