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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
343 PM EDT TUE OCT 21 2025
GMZ035-044-054-212015-
343 PM EDT TUE OCT 21 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WATERS LOCATED OVER AMERICAN
SHOAL LIGHT...
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
HAWK CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE
BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT 20 NM...
GULF OF AMERICA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL
OUT TO 5 FATHOMS...
AT 342 PM EDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PELICAN SHOAL, MOVING WEST AT 10
KNOTS.
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
WESTERN SAMBO, VANDENBERG, JOE'S TUG, PELICAN SHOAL, EAST SAMBO,
NINEFOOT SHOAL, AND STOCK ISLAND.
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 2442 8176 2456 8175 2456 8176 2458 8173
2459 8174 2457 8176 2460 8176 2461 8167
2459 8171 2459 8170 2456 8172 2457 8166
2459 8168 2460 8167 2460 8165 2461 8166
2462 8153 2444 8149
MJV
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