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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Special Marine Warning

National Weather Service Key West FL

810 AM EDT Thu Oct 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 900 AM EDT.



* At 809 AM EDT, a shower was located near Molasses Reef Light,

  moving northwest at 35 knots.



  HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.



  SOURCE...Radar.



  IMPACT...Expect wind gusts in excess of 34 knots, suddenly higher

           waves, frequent lightning, and heavy downpours.



* Locations in the warning include...

  Buttonwood Sound, Dusenberry Creek, Mosquito Bank Light, Blackwater

  Sound, French Ref, Grecian Rocks, and Molasses Reef Light.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Prepare for wind gusts in excess of 34 knots, steep and fast-

building seas, and blinding downpours. Stay low or go below, and

make sure all on board are wearing life jackets.



&&



LAT...LON 2521 8037 2519 8041 2519 8036 2515 8040

      2516 8046 2512 8042 2519 8035 2496 8018

      2485 8033 2502 8050 2506 8048 2503 8051

      2518 8066 2522 8063 2520 8059 2525 8055

      2520 8050 2527 8041

TIME...MOT...LOC 1209Z 142DEG 37KT 2497 8031



HAIL...0.00IN

WIND...>34KTS



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