Headline:
Special Marine Warning issued June 2 at 1:24PM EDT until June 2 at 2:00PM EDT by NWS Key West FL
Event:
Special Marine Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 2, 2025 - 10:24am
Expires:
June 2, 2025 - 11:00am
Description:
SMWKEY
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 200 PM EDT.
* At 124 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Mosquito Bank
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...
Buttonwood Sound, Dusenberry Creek, Mosquito Bank Light, French
Ref, Tavernier, Grecian Rocks, and Barnes Sound.
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:
Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound; Hawk Channel from Ocean Reef to Craig Key out to the reef; Straits of Florida from Ocean Reef to Craig Key out 20 NM
Forcast Office:
NWS Key West FL