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URGENT - Marine Weather Message

National Weather Service Key West FL

1026 AM EST Tue Jan 16 2018



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Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and

Buttonwood Sound-

1026 AM EST Tue Jan 16 2018



...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...



The National Weather Service in Key West has cancelled the Small

Craft Advisory for Florida Bay.



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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-

1026 AM EST Tue Jan 16 2018



...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT...



* WINDS...Northeast winds of 20 to 25 knots will slacken to 20

  knots or less this afternoon, especially in the lee of South

  Florida.



* WAVES/SEAS...Seas as high as 8 to 10 feet are expected in the

  Gulf Stream, and as high as 7 feet in the extreme southeastern

  Gulf of Mexico. Seas will slowly subside this afternoon across

  all coastal waters.





PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



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. Inexperienced boaters...especially

those with smaller vessels...should avoid operating in these

conditions.



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