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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Special Marine Warning

National Weather Service Key West FL

913 AM EDT Tue Aug 25 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...

  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 945 AM EDT.



* At 912 AM EDT, an outflow boundary was located along a line

  extending from 9 nm east of Carysfort Reef Light to near The Elbow

  Light to 7 nm south of Molasses Reef Light, moving northwest 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, Coon Key, Mosquito Bank Light, Tavernier Creek,

  Dump Keys, Mosquito Point, 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 2515 8000 2481 8032 2505 8103 2514 8096

      2517 8083 2522 8084 2515 8072 2521 8073

      2514 8071 2524 8057 2520 8050 2530 8039

      2527 8033 2515 8040 2516 8046 2512 8042

      2507 8047 2507 8045 2532 8027

TIME...MOT...LOC 1312Z 116DEG 28KT 2521 8003 2509 8017 2490 8033



HAIL...0.00IN

WIND...>34KTS



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