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FZUS72 KKEY 162229
MWSKEY
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
629 PM EDT WED SEP 16 2026
GMZ034-035-044-054-055-162330-
629 PM EDT WED SEP 16 2026
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM NEAR KEY WEST TO
REBECCA SHOAL LIGHT...
THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
HAWK CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE
BRIDGE TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 20 NM...
GULF OF AMERICA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL
OUT TO 5 FATHOMS...
GULF OF AMERICA INCLUDING DRY TORTUGAS AND REBECCA SHOAL CHANNEL...
AT 628 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 NEAR NORTHWEST CHANNEL BUOY 1 TO NEAR TWENTY-EIGHT FOOT SHOAL
LIGHT, MOVING WEST AT 10 KNOTS.
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
MARQUESAS KEYS, COSGROVE SHOAL LIGHT, BOCA GRANDE, TWENTY-EIGHT FOOT
SHOAL LIGHT, AND COTTRELL KEY.
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 2445 8293 2458 8211 2456 8211 2458 8210
2463 8181 2459 8176 2457 8179 2459 8180
2457 8180 2454 8185 2435 8255 2432 8300
LIW
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