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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
535 PM EDT WED SEP 16 2026
GMZ033-035-162200-
535 PM EDT WED SEP 16 2026
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST GULF WATERS...
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT AND
BEYOND 5 FATHOMS...
GULF OF AMERICA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL
OUT TO 5 FATHOMS...
AT 534 PM EDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS NEAR
30 KNOTS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM GULFSIDE 10 REEF TO 14 NM SOUTHWEST OF P TOWER TO 8 NM
SOUTHWEST OF T TOWER, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 KNOTS.
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
GULFSIDE 10 REEF, SMITH SHOAL LIGHT, L TOWER, AND GULFSIDE 5 REEF.
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 2495 8202 2488 8153 2465 8186 2479 8239
2502 8245 2503 8232 2511 8236 2529 8251
2547 8256 2556 8217
LIW
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