Special Marine Warning
NWS Miami FL ยท US
Details
Special Marine Warning Issued September 20 At 5:11PM EDT Until September 20 At 5:30PM 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... Biscayne Bay... Coastal waters from Deerfield Beach to Ocean Reef FL out 20 NM... * Until 530 PM EDT. * At 511 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing waterspouts was located over Elliott Key, moving southeast at 10 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
Soldier Key, Biscayne Bay, and Turkey Point.
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
- Biscayne Bay
- Coastal waters from Deerfield Beach to Ocean Reef FL out 20 NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Miami FL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m8s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M30AJZ0YG9JTVYCDF2DT7G38
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0c4f197cfa7c57ed207e76b857690e223dc84225.001.1
- 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.5268
- 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 202111 |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-20T21:11:00-00:00...storm...298DEG...12KT...25.48,-80.23 |
| waterspoutDetection | POSSIBLE |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KMFL.MA.W.0294.260920T2111Z-260920T2130Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-20T17:30:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Biscayne Bay
- Coastal waters from Deerfield Beach to Ocean Reef FL out 20 NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 075630 |
| SAME | 075651 |
| UGC | AMZ630 |
| UGC | AMZ651 |
- Polygons
- 25.4,-80.33 25.59,-80.25 25.56,-80.16 25.36,-80.24 25.4,-80.33