WHUS52 KKEY 032253 SMWKEY GMZ052-032315- /O.NEW.KKEY.MA.W.0221.090703T2253Z-090703T2315Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 653 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A * SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR... COASTAL WATERS FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY FL OUT 20 NM... * UNTIL 715 PM EDT * AT 651 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OVER 35 KNOTS OVER BARNES SOUND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 KNOTS. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT HAWK CHANNEL FROM MOLASSES REEF TO CARYSFORT REEF LIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 KNOTS...ROUGH SEAS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POOR VISIBILITY IN HEAVY RAIN. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY...UNTIL THREATENING WEATHER HAS PASSED. && LAT...LON 2531 8024 2518 8004 2494 8025 2508 8043 TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 341DEG 4KT 2518 8032 $$ DFM/BS