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FZUS72 KKEY 050610
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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
110 AM EST THU MAR 5 2026
GMZ033-035-044-054-050645-
110 AM EST THU MAR 5 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CURRENTLY OVER THE LOWER KEYS WILL
RE-EMERGE OVER THE NEARSHORE WATERS TO THE NORTH...
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
HAWK CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE
BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT 20 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 109 AM EST, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER NEWFOUND HARBOR, MOVING WEST AT 15
KNOTS.
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
ANNETTE KEY, HOWE KEY, BIG MUNSON ISLAND, RACCOON KEY, SNIPE POINT,
COOKS ISLAND, AND WATER KEYS.
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.
PREPARE FOR SQUALLS WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS, LOCALLY ROUGH AND
CONFUSED SEAS, AND POTENTIALLY BLINDING DOWNPOURS.
LAT...LON 2475 8133 2473 8132 2472 8129 2468 8131
2470 8132 2470 8134 2468 8133 2469 8133
2469 8132 2467 8131 2455 8137 2459 8155
2461 8159 2461 8161 2462 8163 2463 8171
2490 8159
MJV
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