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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1112 PM EDT MON OCT 12 2026
GMZ035-044-054-130345-
1112 PM EDT MON OCT 12 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WATERS MOVING THROUGH THE
EASTERN LOWER KEYS...
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 1112 PM EDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ANNETTE KEY, MOVING SOUTHWEST AT
15 KNOTS.
LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
ANNETTE KEY, HOWE KEY, BIG MUNSON ISLAND, RACCOON KEY, NINEFOOT
SHOAL, COOKS ISLAND, AND WATER KEYS.
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 2474 8131 2474 8133 2472 8130 2473 8130
2467 8127 2450 8152 2461 8157 2461 8159
2465 8161 2464 8160 2465 8159 2466 8160
2474 8166 2483 8136
MJV
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