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FZUS72 KKEY 061418
MWSKEY
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1018 AM EDT THU AUG 6 2026
GMZ035-044-054-061445-
1018 AM EDT THU AUG 6 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WATERS
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
HAWK CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE
BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT 20 NM...
GULF OF AMERICA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL
OUT TO 5 FATHOMS...
AT 1017 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A A STRONG THUNDERSTORM,
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED OVER PELICAN SHOAL, MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 KNOTS.
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
WESTERN SAMBO, VANDENBERG, JOE'S TUG, PELICAN SHOAL, EAST SAMBO,
NINEFOOT SHOAL, AND STOCK ISLAND.
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 2452 8189 2463 8176 2468 8170 2467 8169
2469 8168 2469 8166 2470 8167 2471 8166
2465 8161 2465 8162 2464 8160 2463 8162
2462 8162 2464 8159 2448 8145 2436 8166
AJP
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