NWS Key West FLMA.W 0316October 2, 2026
Special Marine Warning: 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 and Straits of F
The National Weather Service office in Key West issued a special marine warning for 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 and Straits of Florida from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to south of Halfmoon Shoal out 20 NM, which was in force until 7:45 a.m. local time on October 2. It was the 316th special marine warning the NWS office in Key West issued in 2026.
ExpiredWarning
In force for 47 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
- 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 and Straits of Florida from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to south of Halfmoon Shoal out 20 NM
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:58 a.m. EDT, October 2, 2026
- Expires
- 7:45 a.m. EDT, October 2, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KKEY MA.W 0316
- 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 Halfmoon Shoal out 20 nm... Straits of Florida from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge out 20 nm... * Until 745 AM EDT. * At 657 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 8 nm south of Big Pine Shoal, 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. * Locations in the warning include... Looe Key Light, Big Pine Shoal, and American 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.
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