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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Key West FL
1122 PM EDT Mon Mar 16 2026

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 60 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 1145 PM EDT.

* At 1121 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Fort Jefferson to Halfmoon Shoal Light to 9 nm
  south of Twenty-Eight Foot Shoal Light, moving northeast at 25
  knots.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

  SOURCE...National Weather Service Meteorologist.

  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, Cosgrove Shoal Light,
  Pulaski Shoal Light, Twenty-Eight Foot Shoal Light, and New Ground
  Rocks 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 2479 8273 2481 8221 2437 8214 2416 8246
      2447 8262 2452 8295
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 225DEG 23KT 2456 8284 2457 8249 2427 8244

HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS

$$

LIW