734  
FZUS72 KKEY 101022  
MWSKEY  
 
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
622 AM EDT FRI OCT 10 2025  
 
GMZ031-032-042-043-052-053-101115-  
622 AM EDT FRI OCT 10 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WATERS OF THE FLORIDA STRAITS  
AND NEARSHORE WATERS AROUND THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS...  
 
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...  
HAWK CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO WEST END OF  
SEVEN MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM...  
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 622 AM EDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A A  
STRONG THUNDERSTORM, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS.  
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TENNESSEE REEF LIGHT, MOVING NORTH  
AT 10 KNOTS.  
 
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...  
WHALE HARBOR, CHANNEL KEY PASS LIGHT, TENNESSEE REEF LIGHT, TWIN  
KEYS, LONG KEY VIADUCT, STEAM BOAT CHANNEL, AND LITTLE RABBIT 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.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 2497 8057 2495 8061 2494 8061 2496 8056  
2493 8044 2459 8058 2464 8097 2476 8095  
2477 8094 2477 8095 2506 8091  
 
 
 
MC  
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