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FZUS72 KKEY 201741
MWSKEY
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
141 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2025
GMZ042-052-072-201815-
141 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WATERS SOUTH OF CARYSFORT LIGHT
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
HAWK CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT
60 NM...
AT 140 PM EDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE ELBOW LIGHT, MOVING EAST AT 10
KNOTS.
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
THE ELBOW LIGHT AND CARYSFORT REEF LIGHT.
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 2526 8015 2515 7999 2499 8003 2508 8030
2526 8026
JAM
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