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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Key West FL
433 PM EST Sun Jan 18 2026

The National Weather Service in Key West has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  Hawk Channel and Straits of Florida from Ocean Reef to Halfmoon
  Shoal out 60 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...
  Straits of Florida from Halfmoon Shoal to 20 nm west of Dry
  Tortugas out 60 nm...

* Until 515 PM EST.

* At 432 PM EST, a strong cold front was located along a line
  extending from near Pacific Reef to 61 nm south of Tortugas
  Ecological Reserve South, moving southeast at 30 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...
  Buttonwood Sound, Mosquito Bank Light, Tavernier Creek, Bonefish
  Tower, Tennessee Reef Light, Wood`s Wall East Crack, and French
  Ref.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Prepare for wind gusts in excess of 34 knots, steep and fast-building
seas, and blinding downpours. Make sure all on board are wearing life
jackets.

&&

LAT...LON 2359 8268 2512 8049 2513 8042 2507 8047
      2508 8044 2530 8022 2513 7995 2492 7979
      2353 8181
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 297DEG 32KT 2534 8012 2342 8287

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

$$

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