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FZUS72 KKEY 250328
MWSKEY
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1128 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2025
GMZ072-250400-
1128 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WATERS OF THE FLORIDA STRAITS
NORTHEAST OF ELBOW CAY...
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT...
AT 1127 PM EDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 22 NM NORTHEAST OF ELBOW CAY, MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 20 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 2423 7988 2421 7991 2418 7994 2415 7998
2414 8000 2410 8006 2419 8033 2442 8021
2427 7986
MC
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