849  
FZUS72 KKEY 130631  
MWSKEY  
 
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
231 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2025  
 
GMZ031-032-042-043-052-053-072-073-130730-  
231 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2025  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WATERS  
 
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...  
HAWK CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO WEST END OF  
SEVEN MILE BRIDGE OUT 60 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 229 AM EDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A A  
STRONG THUNDERSTORM, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS.  
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TENNESSEE REEF LIGHT, MOVING EAST  
AT 15 KNOTS.  
 
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...  
MARATHON HUMPS, SOUTH RIPS, ISLAMORADA HUMP, TENNESSEE REEF LIGHT,  
EAGLE WRECK, 409 HUMPS, AND FLOYD'S WALL SOUTHWEST.  
 
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.  
 
INTENSE AND CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. STAY  
LOW, OR GO BELOW. LOWER VHF ANTENNA, OUTRIGGERS, FISHING RODS, AND  
UMBRELLAS. AVOID OPEN AREAS ON ISLANDS AND SANDBARS. DO NOT SHELTER  
UNDER TALL OR ISOLATED TREES ON NEARBY MANGROVE ISLANDS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 2491 8035 2423 8039 2435 8086 2461 8095  
2481 8082 2481 8079 2482 8079 2482 8081  
2483 8081 2485 8080 2486 8074 2485 8074  
2486 8072  
 
 
 
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