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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Special Marine Warning

National Weather Service Key West FL

627 PM EDT Mon Jun 1 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 Craig Key

  out 20 nm...

  Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and

  Buttonwood Sound...



* Until 700 PM EDT.



* At 627 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Card Sound,

  moving southeast 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...

  Barnes Sound, The Elbow Light, and Carysfort Reef Light.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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

possible. When downpours reduce visibility, slow down.



Intense and continuous lightning is occurring with this storm. Stay

low, or go below. Lower VHF antenna, outriggers, fishing rods, and

umbrellas.



&&



LAT...LON 2525 8014 2511 8029 2519 8035 2523 8033

      2520 8036 2528 8041 2529 8040 2529 8039

      2530 8039 2525 8031 2530 8028 2532 8027

      2532 8025

TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 315DEG 11KT 2535 8033



HAIL...0.00IN

WIND...>34KTS



$$



MJV