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FZUS72 KKEY 170200
MWSKEY
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1000 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
GMZ055-075-170215-
/O.CON.KKEY.MA.W.0025.000000T0000Z-260317T0215Z/
1000 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM HALFMOON SHOAL TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS
OUT 60 NM...
AT 1000 PM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 16 NM SOUTH OF TORTUGAS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE SOUTH TO 39
NM SOUTHWEST OF TWENTY-EIGHT FOOT SHOAL LIGHT, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER AND SMALL HAIL.
SOURCE...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST.
IMPACT...EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, SUDDENLY HIGHER
WAVES, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE FOR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, STEEP AND FAST-BUILDING
SEAS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES, AND BLINDING DOWNPOURS. STAY LOW OR
GO BELOW, AND MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING LIFE JACKETS.
INTENSE AND CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF
CAUGHT ON THE OPEN WATER, STAY LOW OR GO BELOW.
LAT...LON 2444 8301 2399 8249 2383 8287 2417 8327
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 233DEG 19KT 2415 8312 2392 8287
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
LIW
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