Special Marine Warning
877 WHUS52 KKEY 110615 SMWKEY GMZ035-044-054-110715- /O.NEW.KKEY.MA.W.0274.130811T0615Z-130811T0715Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 215 AM EDT SUN AUG 11 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A * SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR... HAWK CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT 20 NM... GULF OF MEXICO FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT TO 5 FATHOMS... * UNTIL 315 AM EDT * AT 213 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OVER 35 KNOTS 9 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH OF VANDENBERG...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 KNOTS. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... KEY WEST SEA BOUY... EASTERN DRY ROCKS... SAND KEY LIGHT... WESTERN DRY ROCKS... PREPARE FOR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 KNOTS...STEEP AND FAST-BUILDING SEAS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND BLINDING DOWNPOURS. STAY LOW OR GO BELOW...AND MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING LIFE JACKETS. LAT...LON 2430 8227 2462 8206 2436 8155 2422 8167 TIME...MOT...LOC 0615Z 113DEG 20KT 2431 8168 $$ BWC