Special Marine Warning
NWS Key West FL ยท US
Details
Special Marine Warning Issued September 16 At 6:22PM EDT Until September 16 At 6:45PM EDT By NWS Key West FL
- Event
- Special Marine Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
SMWKEY The National Weather Service in Key West has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Bay and Gulf Side from Craig Key to Halfmoon Shoal out to 5 fathoms... Gulf Waters from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee 20 to 60 nm out and beyond 5 fathoms... * Until 645 PM EDT. * At 622 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 13 nm southwest of Middle Cape Sable, or 14 nm northeast of Gulfside 8 Reef, moving southwest at 20 knots.
Hazard
Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.
Source
National Weather Service Meteorologist.
Impacts
Expect wind gusts in excess of 34 knots, suddenly higher waves, frequent lightning, and heavy downpours. * Locations in the warning include... Gulfside 8 Reef.
Instructions
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.
Affected areas
- Bayside and Gulfside from Craig Key to West End of Seven Mile Bridge
- Gulf of America 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
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Key West FL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~30s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2P50XZYRD0ZZ4B9WB92ZEWE
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ad6cba4bcf0e4532ee4f4fdbdc1c366919414c1e.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Key West FL
- AWIPS ID
- CAPKEY
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.7059
- WMO heading
- XOUS52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SMW |
| NationalWeatherService | MAW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SMWKEY |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS52 KKEY 162222 |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-16T22:22:00-00:00...storm...064DEG...22KT...25.04,-81.34 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KKEY.MA.W.0275.260916T2222Z-260916T2245Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-16T18:45:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Bayside and Gulfside from Craig Key to West End of Seven Mile Bridge
- Gulf of America 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
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 077032 |
| SAME | 077033 |
| SAME | 077035 |
| UGC | GMZ032 |
| UGC | GMZ033 |
| UGC | GMZ035 |
- Polygons
- 24.98,-81.21 24.79,-81.49 24.8,-81.49 24.79,-81.5 24.78,-81.5 24.77,-81.52 25.03,-81.67 25.11,-81.42 25.11,-81.28 24.98,-81.21