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Southeast Middlesex County, MA - Special Weather Statement
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Watches, Warnings, and Advisories

Issued by the National Weather Service - Key West, FL

    SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY  

Gulf of America including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal Channel


Small Craft Advisory issued January 26 at 4:30PM EST until January 27 at 5:00AM EST by NWS Key West FL

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT


Areas Affected: 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 including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal Channel; 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 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

Urgency: Expected

Severity: Minor

Certainty: Likely

Alert Sent: Monday 4:30pm EST

Alert Effective: Monday 4:30pm EST

Alert Expires: Tuesday 12:30am EST (expect updated alert by this time)

Event Onset: Monday 4:30pm EST

Event Ends: Tuesday 5:00am EST

Issued by: NWS Key West FL


Details:
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT...

* WHAT...Northeast to north winds increasing to near 25 knots.
Seas building to 6 to 9 ft in the SE Gulf and Straits of
Florida.

* WHERE...Straits of Florida, Hawk Channel, Gulf waters
including the Dry Tortugas, and Florida Bay.

* 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.

Information:
Inexperienced boaters, especially those with smaller vessels,
should avoid operating in these conditions.

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Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a410a8098045204ac5cb579a9f423bd9a2592023.001.1