BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 1151 AM EDT TUE AUG 27 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A * SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR... STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM... STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO SOUTH OF HALFMOON SHOAL OUT 20 NM... HAWK CHANNEL FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT TO THE REEF... HAWK CHANNEL FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE OUT TO THE REEF... GULF OF MEXICO FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT TO 5 FATHOMS... BAYSIDE AND GULF SIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE... * UNTIL 1245 PM EDT * AT 1144 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AHEAD OF A BAND OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OVER 35 KNOTS FROM JOHN SAWYER BANK LIGHT TO 9 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH OF BIG PINE SHOAL...MOVING WEST AT 20 KNOTS. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... BIG PINE SHOAL... COUPON BIGHT... NEWFOUND HARBOR... AMERICAN SHOAL LIGHT... NINEFOOT SHOAL... CONTENT KEYS... IN ADDITION TO STRONG GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE. A WATERSPOUT IS A TORNADO OVER WATER THAT CAN BE DANGEROUS AND EVEN DEADLY. SMALL CRAFT CAN BE SWAMPED OR OVERTURNED BY A WATERSPOUT. STAY AWAY FROM THEM AT ALL TIMES. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR NOW...AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THREATENING WEATHER HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 2487 8132 2487 8107 2434 8122 2437 8172 2487 8152 2487 8141 2488 8141 2487 8140 2488 8140 2487 8136 2488 8136 2487 8133 2488 8133 TIME...MOT...LOC 1549Z 100DEG 17KT 2480 8118 2443 8131 $$ APA [Richard - 301]
Posted on: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 15:55:24 +0000
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