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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Special Marine Warning

National Weather Service Key West FL

915 PM EDT Sat Oct 3 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 945 PM EDT.



* At 915 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Carysfort

  Reef Light, moving northwest at 15 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...

  Key Largo Dry Rocks, Dusenberry Creek, Grouper Creek, Tarpon Basin,

  Blackwater Sound, Spiegel Grove, and Carysfort Reef Light.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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

seas, frequent lightning, and blinding downpours. Stay low or go

below, and make sure all on board are wearing life jackets.



&&



LAT...LON 2519 8005 2502 8011 2509 8047 2514 8044

      2511 8040 2516 8036 2514 8040 2514 8041

      2515 8044 2519 8041 2517 8037 2521 8033

      2520 8041 2529 8036 2527 8033 2522 8034

      2524 8033 2532 8025

TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 118DEG 15KT 2518 8016



HAIL...0.00IN

WIND...>34KTS



$$



AJP