Headline:
Special Marine Warning issued June 2 at 12:26PM EDT until June 2 at 1:00PM EDT by NWS Key West FL
Event:
Special Marine Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 2, 2025 - 9:26am
Expires:
June 2, 2025 - 10:00am
Description:
SMWKEY
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 20 nm west of Dry Tortugas out 20 nm...
Gulf Waters from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee 20 to 60 nm out and
beyond 5 fathoms...
Gulf of America from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon
Shoal out to 5 fathoms...
Gulf of America including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal Channel...
* Until 100 PM EDT.
* At 1225 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Twenty-Eight
Foot Shoal Light, moving north 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...
Rebecca Shoal Light, Halfmoon Shoal Light, Twenty-Eight Foot Shoal
Light, and New Ground Rocks Light.
Instruction:
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.
Area Description:
Gulf of America from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee 20 to 60 NM out and beyond 5 fathoms; Gulf of America including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal Channel; Gulf of America from West End of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out to 5 Fathoms; Hawk Channel from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out to the reef; Straits of Florida from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to south of Halfmoon Shoal out 20 NM; Straits of Florida from Halfmoon Shoal to 20 NM west of Dry Tortugas out 20 NM
Forcast Office:
NWS Key West FL