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The areas affected include... Hawk Channel and Straits of Florida from Craig Key to Halfmoon Shoal 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... At 145 PM EDT, National Weather Service meteorologists detected a strong thunderstorms, capable of producing wind gusts near 30 knots. These thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Sprigger Bank Light to near American Shoal Light, moving northeast at 10 knots. Locations that will be affected include... Big Pine Shoal, Annette Key, Dump Keys, Howe Key, Bonefish Tower, Mosquito Point, and Ninefoot Shoal. 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.
Where it happened
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 West End of Seven Mile Bridge 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 · 24.891°, -81.154°
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- 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 West End of Seven Mile Bridge 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
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The areas affected include... Hawk Channel and Straits of Florida from Craig Key to Halfmoon Shoal 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... At 145 PM EDT, National Weather Service meteorologists detected a strong thunderstorms, capable of producing wind gusts near 30 knots. These thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Sprigger Bank Light to near American Shoal Light, moving northeast at 10 knots. Locations that will be affected include... Big Pine Shoal, Annette Key, Dump Keys, Howe Key, Bonefish Tower, Mosquito Point, and Ninefoot Shoal. 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.