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FZUS72 KKEY 170302
MWSKEY
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1102 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
GMZ032>035-043-044-054-055-170315-
/O.CON.KKEY.MA.W.0030.000000T0000Z-260317T0315Z/
1102 PM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
HAWK CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE
BRIDGE TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS 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...
GULF OF AMERICA INCLUDING DRY TORTUGAS AND REBECCA SHOAL CHANNEL...
HAWK CHANNEL FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE OUT TO
THE REEF...
AT 1102 PM EDT, A FRONT WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 NM
NORTH OF JOHN SAWYER BANK LIGHT TO COTTRELL KEY TO NEAR HALFMOON
SHOAL LIGHT, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 KNOTS. THIS BOUNDARY IS MOVING
INTO AN AREA OF ONGOING CONVECTION AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OR STRENGTHEN EXISTING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
THE LEADING THE EDGE.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST.
IMPACT...EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, SUDDENLY HIGHER
WAVES, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
HALFMOON SHOAL LIGHT, ANNETTE KEY, HOWE KEY, EAST SAMBO, BONEFISH
TOWER, SNIPE POINT, AND COTTRELL KEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR NOW, AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL
THREATENING WEATHER HAS PASSED.
LAT...LON 2508 8114 2475 8090 2469 8108 2474 8103
2473 8105 2470 8113 2471 8108 2470 8111
2469 8109 2442 8185 2440 8257 2475 8266
2478 8202
TIME...MOT...LOC 0302Z 336DEG 22KT 2489 8114 2461 8195 2459 8252
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
LIW
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