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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Key West FL
712 PM EDT Sat Aug 30 2025

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...
  Straits of Florida from Ocean Reef to Craig Key out 60 nm...
  Gulf of America from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon
  Shoal out to 5 fathoms...
  Straits of Florida from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge
  20 to 60 nm out...

* Until 815 PM EDT.

* At 711 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 6 nm southwest of 409 Humps to near Looe Key Light,
  moving east at 10 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...
  Sombrero Key Light, Big Pine Shoal, Marathon Humps, Big Munson
  Island, Looe Key Light, 409 Humps, and Cooks Island.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2437 8029 2437 8135 2462 8156 2462 8152
      2463 8155 2463 8156 2464 8158 2464 8151
      2462 8151 2464 8148 2466 8045
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 279DEG 8KT 2450 8065 2456 8145

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

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