103 WHUS52 KKEY 192309 SMWKEY GMZ031>033-035-044-054-055-074-075-200045- /O.NEW.KKEY.MA.W.0065.190419T2309Z-190420T0045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Special Marine Warning National Weather Service Key West FL 709 PM EDT Fri Apr 19 2019 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... Bay and Gulf Side from Craig Key to Halfmoon Shoal out to 5 fathoms... Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound... Gulf Waters from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee 20 to 60 nm out and beyond 5 fathoms... * Until 845 PM EDT. * At 708 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 11 nm north of Snipe Point to 15 nm south of Cosgrove Shoal Light, moving northeast at 20 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... Annette Key, Vandenberg, Howe Key, East Sambo, Wood's Wall West Crack, Snipe Point and Cottrell Key. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Prepare for wind gusts in excess of 34 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 2361 8286 2432 8247 2503 8191 2545 8162 2537 8153 2518 8152 2510 8148 2513 8094 2445 8163 2356 8234 TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 231DEG 21KT 2488 8173 2420 8219 HAIL...0.00IN WIND...>34KTS $$ CLR