697  
FZUS72 KKEY 301312  
MWSKEY  
 
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
912 AM EDT WED SEP 30 2026  
 
GMZ035-044-054-301330-  
/O.CON.KKEY.MA.W.0300.000000T0000Z-260930T1330Z/  
912 AM EDT WED SEP 30 2026  
   
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM EDT  
 
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...  
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 911 AM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EASTERN DRY  
ROCKS, MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 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.  
 
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...  
VANDENBERG, JOE'S TUG, WESTERN DRY ROCKS, EAST SAMBO, SNIPE POINT,  
COTTRELL KEY, AND NINEFOOT SHOAL.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR NOW, AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL  
THREATENING WEATHER HAS PASSED.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 2437 8199 2455 8207 2475 8158 2467 8156  
2465 8157 2463 8155 2463 8154 2444 8154  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1311Z 142DEG 8KT 2453 8184  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 
 
 
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