318  
FZUS72 KKEY 211936  
MWSKEY  
 
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
336 PM EDT TUE OCT 21 2025  
 
GMZ034-044-054-055-212000-  
336 PM EDT TUE OCT 21 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WATERS JUST WEST OF TWENTY EIGHT  
FOOT SHOAL LIGHT...  
 
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...  
HAWK CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE  
BRIDGE TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 20 NM...  
GULF OF AMERICA INCLUDING DRY TORTUGAS AND REBECCA SHOAL CHANNEL...  
 
AT 335 PM EDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A A  
STRONG THUNDERSTORM, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS.  
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TWENTY-EIGHT FOOT SHOAL LIGHT,  
MOVING WEST AT 5 KNOTS.  
 
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...  
TWENTY-EIGHT FOOT SHOAL LIGHT.  
 
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 2450 8240 2432 8239 2426 8262 2453 8264  
 

 
 
MJV  
 
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