538  
WHUS72 KKEY 290826  
MWWKEY  
 
URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
426 AM EDT FRI MAR 29 2024  
 
GMZ031>035-042>044-052>055-072>075-291500-  
/O.EXT.KKEY.SC.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-240329T1500Z/  
FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BARNES SOUND, BLACKWATER SOUND, AND  
BUTTONWOOD SOUND-  
BAYSIDE AND GULF SIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE  
BRIDGE-  
GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT  
AND BEYOND 5 FATHOMS-  
GULF OF MEXICO INCLUDING DRY TORTUGAS AND REBECCA SHOAL CHANNEL-  
GULF OF MEXICO FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON  
SHOAL OUT TO 5 FATHOMS-  
HAWK CHANNEL FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT TO THE REEF-  
HAWK CHANNEL FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE OUT  
TO THE REEF-  
HAWK CHANNEL FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL  
OUT TO THE REEF-  
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM-  
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE  
BRIDGE OUT 20 NM-  
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO SOUTH OF  
HALFMOON SHOAL OUT 20 NM-  
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM HALFMOON SHOAL TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY  
TORTUGAS OUT 20 NM-  
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT-  
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE  
BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT-  
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO SOUTH OF  
HALFMOON SHOAL 20 TO 60 NM OUT-  
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM HALFMOON SHOAL TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY  
TORTUGAS 20 TO 60 NM OUT-  
426 AM EDT FRI MAR 29 2024  
   
..SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT
 
 
* WHAT...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS NEAR 20 KNOTS. SEAS UP TO 7  
FEET IN THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA.  
 
* WHERE...STRAITS OF FLORIDA, HAWK CHANNEL, GULF WATERS  
INCLUDING THE DRY TORTUGAS, AND FLORIDA BAY.  
 
* WHEN...IN EFFECT.  
 
* IMPACTS...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20  
TO 33 KNOTS, OR SEAS OF 7 FEET OR GREATER, ARE EXPECTED TO  
PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. THESE HAZARDOUS  
CONDITIONS MAY RESULT IN POOR VESSEL HANDLING AND STEERING  
RESPONSE, BROACHING, OVERTURNED DINGHIES AND KAYAKS, SLIPS AND  
FALLS ON SLIPPERY DECKS, RUB DAMAGE ALONG DOCKS AND SEAWALLS,  
SWAMPED BOWS AT REEF TRACT MOORING BALLS, AND DRAGGING ANCHORS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
INEXPERIENCED BOATERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH SMALLER VESSELS,  
SHOULD AVOID OPERATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.  
 

 
 

 
 
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