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FZUS72 KKEY 050545
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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1245 AM EST THU MAR 5 2026
GMZ032-035-043-044-053-054-050615-
1245 AM EST THU MAR 5 2026
..A SHOWER OVER THE WATERS RAPIDLY APPROACHING BIG PINE KEY
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
HAWK CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM CRAIG KEY TO HALFMOON SHOAL
OUT 20 NM...
BAY AND GULF SIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT TO 5
FATHOMS...
AT 1245 AM EST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A A
SHOWER, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS. THIS SHOWER
WAS LOCATED NEAR BIG PINE SHOAL, MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 KNOTS.
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
BIG PINE SHOAL, ANNETTE KEY, HOWE KEY, BIG MUNSON ISLAND, RACCOON
KEY, LITTLE PINE KEY, AND MONEY KEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE FOR RAINFALL RATES UP TO INSERT RAINFALL RATE INCHES PER
HOUR. MAKE SURE BILGE PASSAGES AND SCUPPERS ARE CLEAN OF ANY DEBRIS
OR OBSTRUCTION.
PREPARE FOR SQUALLS WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS, LOCALLY ROUGH AND
CONFUSED SEAS, AND POTENTIALLY BLINDING DOWNPOURS.
LAT...LON 2465 8116 2450 8127 2460 8149 2463 8153
2464 8156 2467 8158 2468 8157 2467 8157
2467 8155 2465 8152 2464 8152 2464 8151
2466 8151 2469 8156 2487 8142
MJV
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