380  
FZUS72 KKEY 080533  
MWSKEY  
 
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
1233 AM EST MON DEC 8 2025  
 
GMZ033-035-044-054-074-080630-  
1233 AM EST MON DEC 8 2025  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WATERS OF THE FLORIDA STRAITS,  
HAWK CHANNEL, AND THE NEARSHORE GULF...  
 
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...  
HAWK CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE  
BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT 60 NM...  
GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT AND  
BEYOND 5 FATHOMS...  
GULF OF AMERICA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL  
OUT TO 5 FATHOMS...  
 
AT 1231 AM EST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A  
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS.  
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR  
MARQUESAS KEYS TO WESTERN DRY ROCKS TO 23 NM SOUTHWEST OF WOOD'S WALL  
WEST CRACK, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 KNOTS.  
 
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...  
VANDENBERG, JOE'S TUG, WESTERN DRY ROCKS, EAST SAMBO, WOOD'S WALL  
WEST CRACK, COTTRELL KEY, AND EASTERN DRY ROCKS.  
 
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 2389 8223 2441 8195 2467 8216 2488 8184  
2457 8159 2404 8186  
 
 
 
MC  
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