NWS Key West FLMA.W 0293September 29, 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 including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal Channel, Gulf of America from
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 including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal Channel, Gulf of America from West End of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out to 5 Fathoms and 3 more, which was in force until 6:45 p.m. local time on September 29. It was the 293rd special marine warning the NWS office in Key West issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1 hour; 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 including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal Channel, Gulf of America from West End of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out to 5 Fathoms and 3 more
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:44 p.m. EDT, September 29, 2026
- Expires
- 6:45 p.m. EDT, September 29, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KKEY MA.W 0293
- 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... Hawk Channel and Straits of Florida from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to 20 nm west of Dry Tortugas out 20 nm... 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... Gulf of America including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal Channel... * Until 645 PM EDT. * At 544 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near W Tower to near Twenty-Eight Foot Shoal Light, moving northeast at 25 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... Rebecca Shoal Light, Halfmoon Shoal Light, Dry Tortugas, Marquesas Keys, Pulaski Shoal Light, Twenty-Eight Foot Shoal Light, and Cosgrove Shoal Light.
What the agency told people to do
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. Intense and continuous lightning is occurring with these storms. Stay low, or go below. Lower VHF antenna, outriggers, fishing rods, and umbrellas.
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