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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1152 AM EST WED FEB 22 2017

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 60 NM...

* UNTIL 1245 PM EST

* AT 1149 AM EST...SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND PERHAPS AN 
  EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR EAST SAMBO TO 
  AMERICAN SHOAL LIGHT AND SOUTHWESTWARD TO BEYOND WOOD'S WALL EAST 
  AND WEST CRACK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 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...
  WESTERN SAMBO...BIG PINE SHOAL...VANDENBERG...PELICAN SHOAL...EAST
  SAMBO...WOOD'S WALL EAST CRACK AND LOOE KEY LIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE FOR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 KNOTS...STEEP AND FAST-
BUILDING SEAS...AND BLINDING DOWNPOURS. MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE 
WEARING LIFE JACKETS.

&&

LAT...LON 2402 8158 2409 8189 2454 8170 2462 8123
TIME...MOT...LOC 1649Z 211DEG 24KT 2419 8166 

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

$$

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