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FZUS72 KKEY 170405
MWSKEY
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1205 AM EDT TUE MAR 17 2026
GMZ032-033-035-043-044-053-054-170415-
/O.CON.KKEY.MA.W.0036.000000T0000Z-260317T0415Z/
1205 AM EDT TUE MAR 17 2026
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
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...
GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT AND
BEYOND 5 FATHOMS...
AT 1205 AM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR CONTENT KEYS TO LITTLE KNOCKEMDOWN KEY TO NEAR
LOOE KEY LIGHT, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 KNOTS.
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...
BIG PINE SHOAL, ANNETTE KEY, HOWE KEY, BIG MUNSON ISLAND, RACCOON
KEY, LITTLE PINE KEY, AND LOOE KEY LIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
INTENSE AND CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF
CAUGHT ON THE OPEN WATER, STAY LOW OR GO BELOW.
LAT...LON 2478 8128 2450 8115 2437 8141 2459 8150
2482 8164 2500 8148
TIME...MOT...LOC 0405Z 231DEG 21KT 2479 8154 2468 8144 2453 8137
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
LIW
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