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FZUS72 KKEY 100820
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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
420 AM EDT FRI OCT 10 2025
GMZ055-075-100915-
420 AM EDT FRI OCT 10 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WATERS OF THE WESTERN FLORIDA
STRAITS SOUTH OF THE DRY TORTUGAS...
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM HALFMOON SHOAL TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS
OUT 60 NM...
AT 419 AM EDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 24 NM SOUTH OF TORTUGAS ECOLOGICAL
RESERVE SOUTH, MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 KNOTS.
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.
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 2426 8302 2403 8290 2390 8314 2410 8329
2413 8329
MC
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