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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1002 PM EST WED MAR 4 2026
GMZ032-033-035-044-054-050400-
1002 PM EST WED MAR 4 2026
...OUTFLOW BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM NEAR HARBOR KEY BANK TO SOMBRERO
KEY LIGHT AND MOVING WEST...
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
HAWK CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE
BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT 20 NM...
BAY AND GULF SIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT TO 5
FATHOMS...
GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT AND
BEYOND 5 FATHOMS...
AT 1000 PM EST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED AN
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM EARLIER CONVECTION, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND
GUSTS 30 TO 33 KNOTS. THIS OUTFLOW WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 12 NM NORTH OF CONTENT KEYS TO NEAR RACCOON KEY TO
NEAR AMERICAN SHOAL LIGHT, MOVING WEST AT 25 KNOTS.
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
GULFSIDE PATCH REEF, VANDENBERG, JOE'S TUG, WESTERN DRY ROCKS, EAST
SAMBO, RACCOON KEY, AND SNIPE POINT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE FOR SQUALLS WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS, LOCALLY ROUGH AND
CONFUSED SEAS, AND POTENTIALLY BLINDING DOWNPOURS.
LAT...LON 2507 8140 2480 8146 2480 8148 2479 8146
2470 8148 2441 8136 2429 8203 2467 8217
2509 8208
LIW
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