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FZUS72 KKEY 170432
MWSKEY
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1232 AM EDT TUE MAR 17 2026
GMZ032-035-043-044-053-054-170445-
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1232 AM EDT TUE MAR 17 2026
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 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...
AT 1231 AM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 NM NORTHEAST OF CONTENT KEYS TO HORSESHOE KEY TO
NEAR BIG PINE SHOAL, 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...
SOMBRERO KEY LIGHT, BIG PINE SHOAL, ANNETTE KEY, COUPON BIGHT, LITTLE
PINE KEY, MONEY KEY, AND HORSESHOE KEY.
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 2494 8108 2472 8108 2471 8113 2471 8108
2470 8112 2469 8108 2455 8108 2439 8137
2491 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 0431Z 230DEG 22KT 2489 8141 2477 8131 2452 8131
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
LIW
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