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FZUS72 KKEY 191934
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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
334 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2025
GMZ031-042-052-192000-
334 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2025
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FLORIDA BAY
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
HAWK CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT
20 NM...
FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BARNES SOUND, BLACKWATER SOUND, AND BUTTONWOOD
SOUND...
AT 333 PM EDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 34
KNOTS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
BLACKWATER SOUND TO MANATEE KEYS TO CROCODILE DRAGOVER, MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 5 KNOTS.
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
COON KEY, MOSQUITO BANK LIGHT, TAVERNIER CREEK, DUMP KEYS, MOSQUITO
POINT, FRENCH REF, AND TWIN KEYS.
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 2528 8039 2523 8034 2519 8041 2519 8036
2515 8040 2516 8046 2517 8046 2507 8047
2522 8033 2510 8019 2488 8048 2496 8077
2521 8082 2522 8081 2516 8080 2515 8072
2518 8075 2510 8062
LIW
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