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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
700 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2012

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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-
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 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 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-
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF...MARATHON...KEY WEST
700 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2012
...SHOWERS WITH GUSTY WINDS MOVING THROUGH THE MIDDLE KEYS AND
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...
AT 655 PM...A RAPIDLY MOVING BAND OF SHOWERS CONTAINING WIND GUSTS
UP TO NEAR 40 MPH WAS DETECTED FROM FLORIDA BAY THROUGH CONCH
KEY...AND EXTENDING OUT TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF BIG PINE KEY. THESE
SHOWERS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 30
MPH...AND WILL AFFECT THE REMAINDER OF THE MIDDLE KEYS INCLUDING DUCK
KEY...GRASSY KEY...AND MARATHON. 
THE SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH GULF WATERS NEAR CAPE SABLE...BAHIA
HONDA STATE PARK...BIG PINE KEY...NEAR AMERICAN SHOAL LIGHT...AND
WATERS OUT TO 40 MILES SOUTH OF KEY WEST BY 800 PM. 
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO PASS
THROUGH THE OUTER FLORIDA STRAITS BEYOND 30 MILES OFFSHORE THE MIDDLE
AND UPPER KEYS. 
BOATERS SHOULD AVOID OPEN WATERS OF THE STRAITS THIS EVENING. IF YOU
ARE CAUGHT ON THE OPEN WATER...MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING
LIFE JACKETS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITONAL
INFORMATION AS THESE SHOWERS PASS THROUGH.
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JR