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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Special Marine Warning

National Weather Service Key West FL

658 AM EDT Mon May 12 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 west end of

  Seven Mile Bridge 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 745 AM EDT.



* At 658 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Twin Keys,

  moving northeast 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...

  Coon Key, Buttonwood Sound, Tavernier Creek, Dump Keys, Mosquito

  Point, Tennessee Reef Light, and Twin Keys.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Boaters should seek safe harbor as quickly, and as safely as

possible. When downpours reduce visibility, slow down.



&&



LAT...LON 2512 8043 2506 8048 2510 8040 2472 8078

      2490 8096 2517 8080 2516 8080 2518 8077

      2514 8072 2519 8076 2518 8073 2520 8074

      2521 8073 2514 8071 2518 8068 2517 8065

      2519 8065 2520 8062 2522 8063

TIME...MOT...LOC 1058Z 205DEG 11KT 2495 8079 



HAIL...0.00IN

WIND...>34KTS



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MJV