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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1204 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2025
GMZ031-032-042-043-090500-
1204 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS AROUND LONG KEY
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
HAWK CHANNEL FROM OCEAN REEF TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE OUT TO
THE REEF...
BAYSIDE AND GULF SIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE
BRIDGE...
FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BARNES SOUND, BLACKWATER SOUND, AND BUTTONWOOD
SOUND...
AT 1203 AM EDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LONG KEY VIADUCT. THE THUNDERSTORM
WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
PETERSON KEYS, CRAIG KEY, SPRIGGER BANK LIGHT, CHANNEL KEY PASS
LIGHT, AND LONG KEY VIADUCT.
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 2492 8072 2475 8078 2481 8098 2498 8093
MC
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