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FZUS72 KKEY 040352
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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1152 PM EDT SUN MAY 3 2026
GMZ032-033-035-040445-
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1152 PM EDT SUN MAY 3 2026
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
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 1152 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 NM NORTH OF
GULFSIDE PATCH REEF, MOVING EAST 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.
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR NOW, AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL
THREATENING WEATHER HAS PASSED.
INTENSE AND CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF
CAUGHT ON THE OPEN WATER, STAY LOW OR GO BELOW.
LAT...LON 2507 8146 2510 8146 2511 8130 2511 8110
2492 8115 2494 8150 2501 8150
TIME...MOT...LOC 0352Z 275DEG 18KT 2503 8165
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
MJV
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