Key West, FL

The National Weather Service in Key West has issued a * Special Marine Warning for… Hawk Channel and Straits of Florida from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out 20 nm… * Until 630 AM EDT. * At 530 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Key West Sea Bouy, moving east at 20 knots. HAZARD…Wind gusts 34 knots or greater. SOURCE…National Weather Service Meteorologist. IMPACT…Expect wind gusts in excess of 34 knots, suddenly higher waves, frequent lightning, and heavy downpours. * Locations in the warning include… Big Pine Shoal, Vandenberg, Joe’s Tug, Big Munson Island, East Sambo, Ninefoot Shoal, and Looe Key Light. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… Boaters should seek safe harbor as quickly, and as safely as possible. When downpours reduce visibility, slow down. && HAIL…0.00IN; WIND…>34KTS

The National Weather Service in Key West has issued a * Special Marine Warning for… Hawk Channel and Straits of Florida from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out 20 nm… * Until 500 PM EDT. * At 430 PM EDT, a waterspout was located over Big Pine Shoal, moving northwest at 10 knots. HAZARD…Waterspouts. SOURCE…National Weather Service Meteorologist. IMPACT…Waterspouts can capsize boats, damage vessels and create suddenly higher waves. * Locations in the warning include… Looe Key Light, Big Pine Shoal, Cooks Island, and Big Munson Island. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. Seek safe harbor immediately. && WATERSPOUT…OBSERVED; HAIL…0.00IN; WIND…<34KTS

The National Weather Service in Key West has issued a * Special Marine Warning for… Hawk Channel and Straits of Florida from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to 20 nm west of Dry Tortugas out 20 nm… Gulf of Mexico from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out to 5 fathoms… 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… * Until 500 AM EDT. * At 409 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 8 nm southeast of Fort Jefferson, moving east at 20 knots. HAZARD…Wind gusts 34 knots or greater. SOURCE…Radar. IMPACT…Expect wind gusts in excess of 34 knots, suddenly higher waves, frequent lightning, and heavy downpours. * Locations in the warning include… Fort Jefferson, Rebecca Shoal Light, Halfmoon Shoal Light, Tortugas Ecological Reserve South, and Dry Tortugas Light. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… Prepare for wind gusts in excess of 34 knots, steep and fast-building seas, frequent lightning, and blinding downpours. Stay low or go below, and make sure all on board are wearing life jackets. && HAIL…0.00IN; WIND…>34KTS

The National Weather Service in Key West has issued a * Special Marine Warning for… Hawk Channel and Straits of Florida from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to 20 nm west of Dry Tortugas out 60 nm… * Until 830 AM EDT. * At 749 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 18 nm southwest of Twenty-Eight Foot Shoal Light, moving east at 45 knots. HAZARD…Wind gusts in excess of 50 knots. SOURCE…National Weather Service Meteorologist. IMPACT…Expect wind gusts in excess of 50 knots and suddenly higher waves, boats could sustain significant damage or capsize. * Locations in the warning include… Cosgrove Shoal Light and Twenty-Eight Foot Shoal Light. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… Prepare for severe thunderstorms with wind gusts in excess of 50 knots, extremely rough seas, frequent lightning, and torrential downpours. Be advised that any severe thunderstorm can spawn a waterspout or tornado. Stay low or go below, and make sure all on board are wearing life jackets. && HAIL…0.00IN; WIND…50KTS

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 58 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BARNES SOUND, BLACKWATER SOUND, AND BUTTONWOOD SOUND BAYSIDE AND GULF SIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE 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 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 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 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 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 STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM HALFMOON SHOAL TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS 20 TO 60 NM OUT

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 58 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN FLORIDA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY IN SOUTH FLORIDA FLORIDA KEYS IN MONROE THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF KEY LARGO, KEY WEST, AND MARATHON.

TORNADO WATCH 58 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 3 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN FLORIDA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN SOUTH FLORIDA MAINLAND MONROE IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA BROWARD MIAMI-DADE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CORAL SPRINGS, FORT LAUDERDALE, HIALEAH, HOLLYWOOD, KEY WEST, MARATHON, MIAMI, NORTHWEST CAPE SABLE, PEMBROKE PINES, POMPANO BEACH, ROCK HARBOR, ROUTE 1/CARD SOUND, SAWGRASS MILLS MAL, AND SUNRISE.

The National Weather Service in Key West has issued a * Special Marine Warning for… Hawk Channel and Straits of Florida from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out 60 nm… Bay and Gulf Side from Craig Key to Halfmoon Shoal out to 5 fathoms… Gulf Waters from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee 20 to 60 nm out and beyond 5 fathoms… * Until 1015 PM EDT. * At 911 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms with possible waterspouts were located along a line extending from 7 nm southwest of D Tower to 10 nm southeast of Twenty-Eight Foot Shoal Light, moving east at 25 knots. HAZARD…Waterspouts and wind gusts in excess of 50 knots. SOURCE…National Weather Service Meteorologist. IMPACT…Waterspouts can quickly form and capsize boats, cause considerable damage to vessels and create suddenly higher waves. Expect wind gusts in excess of 50 knots and suddenly higher waves, boats could sustain significant damage or capsize. * Locations in the warning include… Vandenberg, East Sambo, Wood’s Wall West Crack, Snipe Point, Cottrell Key, Ninefoot Shoal, and Eastern Dry Rocks. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… Boaters should seek safe harbor as quickly, and as safely as possible. When downpours reduce visibility, slow down. Thunderstorms can produce sudden waterspouts. Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. Seek safe harbor immediately. && WATERSPOUT…POSSIBLE; HAIL…0.00IN; WIND…50KTS

…SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED… Winds have decreased over the past few hours, and seas have been able to subside. Therefore, the Small Craft Advisory has been cancelled.

…SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT… * WHAT…North to northeast winds near 20 knots, becoming northeast to east. * WHERE…Straits of Florida, Hawk Channel, Florida Bay, and the nearshore and offshore Gulf waters. * 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. &&