Marine Weather Statement

Description

The areas affected include... Hawk Channel from Ocean Reef to Halfmoon Shoal out to the reef... 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 Waters from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee 20 to 60 nm out and beyond 5 fathoms... Straits of Florida from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge out 20 nm... At 1241 PM EDT, National Weather Service meteorologists detected a line of thunderstorms, capable of producing wind gusts near 30 knots. These thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 nm north of Horseshoe Key to Lignumvitae Key, moving northeast at 10 knots. Locations that will be affected include... Tavernier Creek, Dump Keys, Bonefish Tower, Twin Keys, Money Key, End Key and Bradley Key. Environmental conditions favor waterspout formation. A waterspout would most likely appear beneath a dark, flat bottom of a building cumulus line, just at the hint of rain. If you see a waterspout, stay away, and call in the report to your Florida Keys National Weather Service, at 3 0 5 2 9 5 1 3 1 6 extension 3.

Affected areas

• Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound
• Bayside and Gulfside from Craig Key to West End of Seven Mile Bridge
• Gulf of America from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee 20 to 60 NM out and beyond 5 fathoms
• Gulf of America from West End of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out to 5 Fathoms
• 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 Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge out 20 NM

Public contact

Issuer

NWS Key West FL

Website

http://www.weather.gov