Special Marine Warning
NWS Key West FL ยท US
Details
Special Marine Warning Issued October 1 At 6:07AM EDT Until October 1 At 7:00AM 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... Hawk Channel and Straits of Florida from Craig Key to Halfmoon Shoal out 60 nm... Bay and Gulf Side from Craig Key to Halfmoon Shoal out to 5 fathoms... * Until 700 AM EDT. * At 607 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 14 nm south of Looe Key Light, moving northwest at 25 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... Big Pine Shoal, Annette Key, Howe Key, Big Munson Island, Raccoon Key, Little Pine Key, and Snipe Point.
Instructions
Boaters should seek safe harbor as quickly, and as safely as possible. When downpours reduce visibility, slow down. 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 West End of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out to 5 Fathoms
- Hawk Channel from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge out to the reef
- Hawk Channel from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out to the reef
- 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
- Straits of Florida from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge 20 to 60 NM out
- Straits of Florida from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to south of Halfmoon Shoal 20 to 60 NM out
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Key West FL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~22s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M3VEXMNYY1PBDQGWSFTWV6HK
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1403d582449878887d3ed0a0346232ebce8fc247.001.1
- Sender
- [email protected]
- 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.7375
- 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 011007 |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-10-01T10:07:00-00:00...storm...141DEG...27KT...24.32,-81.33 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KKEY.MA.W.0306.261001T1007Z-261001T1100Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-10-01T07:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Bayside and Gulfside from Craig Key to West End of Seven Mile Bridge
- Gulf of America from West End of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out to 5 Fathoms
- Hawk Channel from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge out to the reef
- Hawk Channel from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out to the reef
- 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
- Straits of Florida from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge 20 to 60 NM out
- Straits of Florida from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to south of Halfmoon Shoal 20 to 60 NM out
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 077032 |
| SAME | 077035 |
| SAME | 077043 |
| SAME | 077044 |
| SAME | 077053 |
| SAME | 077054 |
| SAME | 077073 |
| SAME | 077074 |
| UGC | GMZ032 |
| UGC | GMZ035 |
| UGC | GMZ043 |
| UGC | GMZ044 |
| UGC | GMZ053 |
| UGC | GMZ054 |
| UGC | GMZ073 |
| UGC | GMZ074 |
- Polygons
- 24.09,-81.28 24.56,-81.68 24.58,-81.65 24.58,-81.67 24.59,-81.68 24.6,-81.67 24.61,-81.73 24.68,-81.78 24.93,-81.26 24.72,-81.1 24.71,-81.12 24.71,-81.09 24.7,-81.09 24.7,-81.12 24.69,-81.08 24.34,-80.82 24.09,-81.28