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FZUS72 KKEY 170800
MWSKEY
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
400 AM EDT TUE MAR 17 2026
GMZ072-073-170830-
400 AM EDT TUE MAR 17 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM SOUTHEAST OF THE MARATHON HUMPS
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE
20 TO 60 NM OUT...
AT 359 AM EDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 NM SOUTHWEST OF FLOYD'S WALL
SOUTHWEST, MOVING EAST AT 15 KNOTS.
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.
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.
LAT...LON 2416 8061 2434 8063 2442 8034 2415 8030
LIW
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