543
FZUS72 KKEY 080715
MWSKEY
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
215 AM EST MON DEC 8 2025
GMZ031>033-035-043-044-053-054-073-074-080815-
215 AM EST MON DEC 8 2025
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WATERS OF HAWK CHANNEL, THE FLORIDA
STRAITS, AND THE NEARSHORE GULF ON EITHER SIDE OF THE LOWER TO
MIDDLE KEYS...
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
HAWK CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM CRAIG KEY TO HALFMOON SHOAL
OUT 60 NM...
BAY AND GULF SIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT TO 5
FATHOMS...
FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BARNES SOUND, BLACKWATER SOUND, AND BUTTONWOOD
SOUND...
GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT AND
BEYOND 5 FATHOMS...
AT 213 AM EST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS NEAR
30 KNOTS.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 NM
NORTH OF CONTENT KEYS TO NEAR BIG PINE SHOAL TO 9 NM EAST OF WOOD'S
WALL EAST CRACK, MOVING EAST AT 20 KNOTS.
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
OXFOOT BANK LIGHT, ANNETTE KEY, LITTLE PINE KEY, CHANNEL KEY PASS
LIGHT, BONEFISH TOWER, LONG KEY VIADUCT, AND EAST CAPE CANAL.
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 2472 8080 2428 8098 2421 8147 2460 8130
2498 8151 2512 8119 2513 8105
MC
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page