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Marine Weather Statement
National Weather Service Key West FL
210 AM EDT Thu Apr 4 2024


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210 AM EDT Thu Apr 4 2024

...LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE OFFSHORE GULF WATERS...

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...
Bay and Gulf Side from Craig Key to Halfmoon Shoal out to 5
fathoms...
Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood
Sound...
Gulf of Mexico including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal Channel...
Gulf Waters from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee 20 to 60 nm out and
beyond 5 fathoms...

At 208 AM EDT, National Weather Service meteorologists detected a 
line of showers and thunderstorms, capable of producing wind gusts 
near 30 knots. These thunderstorms were located along a line 
extending from 16 nm west of Northwest Cape Sable to near Rebecca 
Shoal Light, moving east at 20 knots.

Locations that will be affected include...
Halfmoon Shoal Light, Western Dry Rocks, Snipe Point, East Cape
Canal, Cottrell Key, Smith Shoal Light, and Cosgrove Shoal Light.

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.

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LAT...LON 2510 8148 2513 8101 2456 8179 2459 8180
      2454 8181 2455 8179 2421 8224 2444 8275
      2528 8153

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