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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
517 PM EDT MON SEP 15 2025
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517 PM EDT MON SEP 15 2025
...POTENTIAL WATERSPOUTS OVER THE WATERS TO THE NORTH OF THE
LOWER KEYS...
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
GULF OF AMERICA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL
OUT TO 5 FATHOMS...
AT 516 PM EDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS REPORTED A
POTENTIAL WATERSPOUTS... THESE POTENTIAL WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SNIPE POINT TO ANNETTE KEY, MOVING
EAST AT 5 KNOTS.
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
HOWE KEY, RACCOON KEY, WATER KEYS, CONTENT KEYS, SNIPE POINT, AND
TOPTREE HAMMOCK KEY.
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.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS FAVOR WATERSPOUT FORMATION. A WATERSPOUT
WOULD MOST LIKELY APPEAR BENEATH A DARK, FLAT BOTTOM OF A BUILDING
CUMULUS LINE, JUST AT THE HINT OF RAIN. IF YOU SEE A WATERSPOUT, STAY
AWAY, AND CALL IN THE REPORT TO YOUR FLORIDA KEYS NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE, AT 3 0 5 2 9 5 1 3 1 6 EXTENSION 3.
LAT...LON 2478 8130 2474 8137 2476 8139 2474 8138
2474 8140 2471 8143 2474 8145 2471 8144
2468 8148 2470 8150 2466 8152 2469 8156
2467 8157 2467 8154 2463 8159 2466 8160
2462 8162 2458 8172 2465 8182 2484 8137
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