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FZUS72 KKEY 090130
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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
930 PM EDT WED APR 8 2026
GMZ031-032-042-043-052-053-090200-
930 PM EDT WED APR 8 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LITTLE RABBIT KEY
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
HAWK CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO WEST END OF
SEVEN MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM...
BAYSIDE AND GULF SIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE
BRIDGE...
FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BARNES SOUND, BLACKWATER SOUND, AND BUTTONWOOD
SOUND...
AT 929 PM EDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PETERSON KEYS, MOVING SOUTH AT 10
KNOTS.
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
TENNESSEE REEF LIGHT, LIGNUMVITAE KEY, STEAM BOAT CHANNEL, PETERSON
KEYS, CRAIG KEY, BOY SCOUTS FLORIDA SEA BASE, AND ALLIGATOR REEF
LIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS, LOCALLY
ROUGH AND CONFUSED SEAS, OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES, AND
POTENTIALLY BLINDING DOWNPOURS. GET TO A SAFE PORT AS QUICKLY, AND AS
SAFELY AS POSSIBLE. WHEN DOWNPOURS REDUCE VISIBILITY, SLOW DOWN.
PREPARE FOR RAINFALL RATES UP TO INSERT RAINFALL RATE INCHES PER
HOUR. MAKE SURE BILGE PASSAGES AND SCUPPERS ARE CLEAN OF ANY DEBRIS
OR OBSTRUCTION.
LAT...LON 2492 8063 2490 8066 2476 8053 2467 8080
2481 8083 2481 8080 2482 8079 2482 8081
2483 8081 2482 8083 2493 8086 2499 8067
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