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FZUS72 KKEY 170419
MWSKEY
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1219 AM EDT TUE MAR 17 2026
GMZ033-035-044-054-074-170430-
/O.CON.KKEY.MA.W.0038.000000T0000Z-260317T0430Z/
1219 AM EDT TUE MAR 17 2026
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
HAWK CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE
BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT 60 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 1219 AM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR COSGROVE SHOAL LIGHT TO 18 NM SOUTHWEST OF WOOD'S
WALL WEST CRACK, 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...
WESTERN DRY ROCKS, BOCA GRANDE, WOOD'S WALL WEST CRACK, NORTHWEST
CHANNEL BUOY 1, COTTRELL KEY, EASTERN DRY ROCKS, AND COSGROVE SHOAL
LIGHT.
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 2388 8217 2447 8223 2455 8213 2457 8211
2456 8210 2458 8210 2460 8207 2473 8191
2413 8173
TIME...MOT...LOC 0419Z 226DEG 19KT 2443 8209 2403 8207
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
LIW
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