726  
FZUS72 KKEY 072025  
MWSKEY  
 
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL  
425 PM EDT TUE JUL 7 2026  
 
GMZ033-035-044-072115-  
425 PM EDT TUE JUL 7 2026  
   
..THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WATERS  
 
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...  
GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT AND  
BEYOND 5 FATHOMS...  
GULF OF MEXICO FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL  
OUT TO 5 FATHOMS...  
HAWK CHANNEL FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT  
TO THE REEF...  
 
AT 425 PM EDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A  
THUNDERSTORM, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS. THIS  
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SMITH SHOAL LIGHT, MOVING WEST AT 15  
KNOTS.  
 
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...  
SMITH SHOAL LIGHT, ELLIS ROCK LIGHT, NORTHWEST CHANNEL BUOY 1 AND  
COTTRELL KEY.  
 
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 2487 8176 2455 8191 2468 8229 2500 8213  
 
 
 
CWC  
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