Special Marine Warning
NWS Miami FL ยท US
Details
Special Marine Warning Issued September 16 At 7:46PM EDT Until September 16 At 8:00PM EDT By NWS Miami FL
- Event
- Special Marine Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
SMWMFL The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Coastal waters from Chokoloskee to Bonita Beach FL out 20 NM... Coastal waters from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee FL out 20 NM... * Until 800 PM EDT. * At 745 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing waterspouts were located along a line extending from near Cape Romano to near D Tower to 17 nm west of Highland Point, moving southwest at 15 knots.
Hazard
Waterspouts and wind gusts 34 knots or greater.
Source
Radar.
Impacts
Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.
Locations impacted
Cape Romano and D Tower.
Instructions
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes. Report severe weather to the Coast Guard or the National Weather Service. You can also share your report with NWS Miami on Facebook and Twitter.
Affected areas
- Coastal waters from Chokoloskee to Bonita Beach FL out 20 NM
- Coastal waters from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee FL out 20 NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Miami FL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~16s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2P9T9WRV62ZKY8E3D3E5SP0
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.20e67d0b29ccbb172af540fc928db221ce32dee0.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Miami FL
- AWIPS ID
- CAPMFL
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.9363
- 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 | SMWMFL |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS52 KMFL 162346 |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-16T23:45:00-00:00...storm...060DEG...17KT...25.77,-81.74 25.6,-81.7 25.42,-81.52 |
| waterspoutDetection | POSSIBLE |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KMFL.MA.W.0288.260916T2346Z-260917T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-16T20:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Coastal waters from Chokoloskee to Bonita Beach FL out 20 NM
- Coastal waters from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee FL out 20 NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 077656 |
| SAME | 077657 |
| UGC | GMZ656 |
| UGC | GMZ657 |
- Polygons
- 25.33,-81.53 25.37,-81.53 25.47,-81.64 25.51,-81.67 25.52,-81.78 25.56,-81.88 25.74,-82.01 25.9,-81.62 25.71,-81.49 25.5,-81.29 25.33,-81.53