Expires:201208271600;Remove:201208271600;714330 WWUS82 KKEY 271352 SPSKEY SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 952 AM EDT MON AUG 27 2012 FLZ076>078-GMZ031>034-042>044-052>055-072>075-271600- MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS- FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BLACKWATER AND BUTTONWOOD SOUNDS- BAYSIDE AND GULF SIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT TO 5 FATHOMS- GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT AND BEYOND 5 FATHOMS- GULF OF MEXICO INCLUDING DRY TORTUGAS AND REBECCA SHOAL CHANNEL- HAWK CHANNEL FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT TO THE REEF- HAWK CHANNEL FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE OUT TO THE REEF- HAWK CHANNEL FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT TO THE REEF- STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM- STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM- STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO SOUTH OF HALFMOON SHOAL OUT 20 NM- STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM HALFMOON SHOAL TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 20 NM- STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT- STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO SOUTH OF HALFMOON SHOAL 20 TO 60 NM OUT- STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM HALFMOON SHOAL TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS 20 TO 60 NM OUT- INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...KEY LARGO...MARATHON...KEY WEST 952 AM EDT MON AUG 27 2012 ...STRONG WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS... AT 945 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 245 MILES TO THE WEST NORTHWEST OF KEY WEST. DESPITE THE LARGE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE CENTER OF ISAAC AND THE FLORIDA KEYS...TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS CONTINUE. ACROSS THE ISLAND CHAIN AND SURROUNDING COASTAL WATERS...STREAMS OF SHOWERS WILL RACE NORTHWARD...DELIVERING SHORT BUT REPEATED SPELLS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND GUSTY SOUTH SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS. WINDS WILL AVERAGE 35 TO 40 MPH AT AREA CMAN STATIONS...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. MOST OF THE SHOWER ACTIVITY IS LOCATED ALONG A SWAT EXTENDING FROM THE EASTERN UPPER KEYS...TO THE OUTER STRAITS OFF OF LONG KEY. OTHER BANDS WILL BE LOCATED NEAR THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...AND NEAR THE DRY TORTUGAS. OVER THE LAST HOUR...ALL OF OUR MARINE REPORTING STATIONS GUSTED TO AROUND 45 MPH...WHILE ISLAND STATIONS WERE ALL GUSTING TO 35 TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH TODAY AS ISAAC PULLS FURTHER AWAY FROM THE ISLAND CHAIN. VISIT OUR OBSERVATIONS LINK ON OUR WEB PAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION...AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS, WARNINGS, AND CANCELLATIONS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST. $$ 11