NWS Key West FLMA.W 0314October 2, 2026
Special Marine Warning: Gulf of America from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee 20 to 60 NM out and beyond 5 fathoms and Gulf of America including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal Channel
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 and Gulf of America including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal Channel, which was in force until 6:30 a.m. local time on October 2. It was the 314th special marine warning the NWS office in Key West issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 56 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 and Gulf of America including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal Channel
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:34 a.m. EDT, October 2, 2026
- Expires
- 6:30 a.m. EDT, October 2, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KKEY MA.W 0314
- 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 including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal Channel... * Until 630 AM EDT. * At 534 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 9 nm north of Ellis Rock Light, moving northwest 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. * The strong thunderstorm will remain over mainly open waters.
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.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.