BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 715 AM EDT WED AUG 28 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A * SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR... STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM... STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT... HAWK CHANNEL FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT TO THE REEF... * UNTIL 815 AM EDT * AT 713 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OVER 35 KNOTS AND A POSSIBLE WATERSPOUT...9 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE ELBOW LIGHT... MOVING NORTH AT 10 KNOTS. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... CARYSFORT REEF LIGHT... PREPARE FOR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 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 2528 8018 2514 7998 2494 8007 2499 8026 2529 8021 TIME...MOT...LOC 1114Z 196DEG 11KT 2505 8014 $$ JACOBSON [Richard - 301]
Posted on: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 11:24:08 +0000