- In force from
- Oct 18, 4:18 PM EDT
- Until
- Oct 18, 4:45 PM EDT
- Issued
- Oct 18, 4:18 PM EDT
- Office
- Key West, FL
- Number
- 333 of its kind from this office this year
- Severity
- Severe
- Storm motion
- Moving west southwest at 16 mph
- Where
- Gulf of America waters
The National Weather Service in Key West has issued a
* Special Marine Warning for... Hawk Channel and Straits of Florida from Ocean Reef to west end of Seven Mile Bridge out 20 nm... Bayside and Gulf side from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge... Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound...
* Until 445 PM EDT.
* At 418 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Eagle Wreck, moving west at 15 knots.
- Hazard
- Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.
- Source
- National Weather Service Meteorologist.
- Impact
- Expect wind gusts in excess of 34 knots, suddenly higher waves, frequent lightning, and heavy downpours.
* Locations in the warning include... Eagle Wreck, Craig Key, Boy Scouts Florida Sea Base, Alligator Reef Light, and Tennessee Reef Light.
What to do
Intense and continuous lightning is occurring with this storm. Stay low, or go below. Lower VHF antenna, outriggers, fishing rods, and umbrellas.
Every area Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound; Bayside and Gulfside from Craig Key to West End of Seven Mile Bridge; Hawk Channel from Ocean Reef to Craig Key out to the reef; Hawk Channel from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge out to the reef; Straits of Florida from Ocean Reef to Craig Key out 20 NM; Straits of Florida from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge out 20 NM
Read the platesWaterspout FB-EVT-012How to read a warning FB-STN-001
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