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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1052 PM EDT THU APR 2 2026
GMZ054-055-074-075-030345-
1052 PM EDT THU APR 2 2026
...FAST MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN FLORIDA
STRAITS...
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE... STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM WEST END OF
SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM...
AT 1048 PM EDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
BROAD BAND OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS, CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED
FROM 10 NM SOUTHWEST OF TWENTY-EIGHT FOOT SHOAL LIGHT TO 45 TO 60 NM
SOUTH THROUGH SOUTHWEST OF WOOD'S WALL WEST CRACK, MOVING NORTHWEST
AT 25 KNOTS.
THIS ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS, LOCALLY
ROUGH AND CONFUSED SEAS, OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES, AND
POTENTIALLY BLINDING DOWNPOURS. GET TO A SAFE PORT AS QUICKLY, AND AS
SAFELY AS POSSIBLE. WHEN DOWNPOURS REDUCE VISIBILITY, SLOW DOWN.
LAT...LON 2354 8221 2367 8261 2446 8297 2439 8250
2354 8170 2352 8185 2352 8207
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