Marine Weather Message
Issued by NWS Key West, FL
Issued by NWS Key West, FL
194 WHUS72 KKEY 212130 MWWKEY URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Key West FL 430 PM EST Thu Nov 21 2024 GMZ031-032-042-043-052-053-072-073-220500- /O.EXB.KKEY.SC.Y.0047.000000T0000Z-241122T1200Z/ Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound- Bayside and Gulf side from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge-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- 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 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- 430 PM EST Thu Nov 21 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT... * WHAT...Northwest winds increasing to 20 to 25 knots and seas up to 7 ft in the Straits of Florida. * WHERE...Eastern Straits of Florida, Hawk Channel from Ocean Reef to west end of Seven Mile Bridge, Florida Bay, and Bayside and Gulf side from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge. * WHEN...In Effect. * IMPACTS...A Small Craft Advisory means that wind speeds of 20 to 33 knots, or seas of 7 feet or greater, are expected to produce hazardous conditions for small craft. These hazardous conditions may result in poor vessel handling and steering response, broaching, overturned dinghies and kayaks, slips and falls on slippery decks, rub damage along docks and seawalls, swamped bows at reef tract mooring balls, and dragging anchors. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced boaters, especially those with smaller vessels, should avoid operating in these conditions. && $$ GMZ033>035-044-054-055-074-075-220500- /O.EXT.KKEY.SC.Y.0047.000000T0000Z-241122T1200Z/ Gulf waters from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee 20 to 60 NM out and beyond 5 fathoms- Gulf of Mexico including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal Channel- Gulf of Mexico from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out to 5 Fathoms- Hawk Channel from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out to the reef- Straits of Florida from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to south of Halfmoon Shoal out 20 NM- Straits of Florida from Halfmoon Shoal to 20 NM west of Dry Tortugas out 20 NM- Straits of Florida from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to south of Halfmoon Shoal 20 to 60 NM out- Straits of Florida from Halfmoon Shoal to 20 NM west of Dry Tortugas 20 to 60 NM out- 430 PM EST Thu Nov 21 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT... * WHAT...Northwest to north winds 20 to 25 knots and seas up to 8 ft. * WHERE...Lower Straits of Florida, Hawk Channel from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal, and Gulf waters north of the Lower Keys and beyond 5 fathoms including the Dry Tortugas. * WHEN...In Effect. * IMPACTS...A Small Craft Advisory means that wind speeds of 20 to 33 knots, or seas of 7 feet or greater, are expected to produce hazardous conditions for small craft. These hazardous conditions may result in poor vessel handling and steering response, broaching, overturned dinghies and kayaks, slips and falls on slippery decks, rub damage along docks and seawalls, swamped bows at reef tract mooring balls, and dragging anchors. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced boaters, especially those with smaller vessels, should avoid operating in these conditions. && $$ LIW/MC