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FZUS72 KKEY 170455
MWSKEY
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1255 AM EDT TUE MAR 17 2026
GMZ032-035-043-044-053-054-170515-
/O.CON.KKEY.MA.W.0042.000000T0000Z-260317T0515Z/
1255 AM EDT TUE MAR 17 2026
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 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 1255 AM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 NM NORTHEAST OF HORSESHOE KEY TO EAST WASHERWOMAN
SHOAL LIGHT TO 10 NM SOUTHEAST OF BIG PINE SHOAL, MOVING EAST AT 15
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, CHANNEL KEY PASS LIGHT, BONEFISH TOWER, VACA CUT
DAYBEACON 13, TOMS HARBOR, MONEY KEY, AND EAST TURTLE SHOAL 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 2477 8085 2440 8105 2437 8126 2492 8126
2499 8104
TIME...MOT...LOC 0455Z 249DEG 15KT 2487 8121 2469 8107 2445 8120
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
LIW
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