206  
FZUS72 KKEY 090054  
MWSKEY  
 
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
854 PM EDT MON SEP 8 2025  
 
GMZ031-042-090130-  
854 PM EDT MON SEP 8 2025  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WATERS  
 
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...  
FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BARNES SOUND, BLACKWATER SOUND, AND BUTTONWOOD  
SOUND...  
HAWK CHANNEL FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT TO THE REEF...  
 
AT 854 PM EDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A A  
STRONG THUNDERSTORM, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS.  
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CROCODILE DRAGOVER, MOVING EAST AT  
5 KNOTS.  
 
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...  
BUTTONWOOD SOUND, NORTH NEST KEY, AND BAKER CUT.  
 
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 2522 8053 2523 8052 2523 8050 2520 8050  
2524 8049 2508 8043 2509 8045 2508 8046  
2508 8067 2517 8069 2518 8067 2516 8065  
2519 8065 2520 8062 2522 8063 2520 8059  
2520 8058 2522 8060 2524 8057 2524 8054  
 
 
 
MJV  
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