NWS Key West FLMA.W 0254September 12, 2026
Special Marine Warning: 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
The National Weather Service office in Key West issued a special marine warning for 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 and Hawk Channel from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out to the reef, which was in force until 3:45 p.m. local time on September 12. It was the 254th special marine warning the NWS office in Key West issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 35 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Key West FL
- Area
- 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 and Hawk Channel from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out to the reef
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:10 p.m. EDT, September 12, 2026
- Expires
- 3:45 p.m. EDT, September 12, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KKEY MA.W 0254
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SMWKEY The National Weather Service in Key West has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Gulf Waters 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... Hawk Channel from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out to the reef... * Until 345 PM EDT. * At 310 PM EDT, a waterspout was located near Raccoon Key. The waterspout was nearly stationary. HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts 34 knots or greater. SOURCE...Public. IMPACT...Waterspouts can capsize boats, damage vessels and create suddenly higher waves. Expect wind gusts in excess of 34 knots, suddenly higher waves, frequent lightning, and heavy downpours. * Locations in the warning include... Cudjoe Bay, Little Knockemdown Key, Raccoon Key, Water Keys, Content Keys, and Toptree Hammock Key.
What the agency told people to do
Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. Seek safe harbor immediately.
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