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Watches, Warnings, and Advisories

Issued by the National Weather Service - Key West, FL

    SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY  

Hawk Channel from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out to the reef

Small Craft Advisory issued January 24 at 4:23AM EST until January 25 at 5:00AM EST by NWS Key West FL

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT

Areas Affected: 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 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; Straits of Florida from Halfmoon Shoal to 20 NM west of Dry Tortugas out 20 NM; 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: Friday 4:23am EST

Alert Effective: Friday 4:23am EST

Alert Expires: Friday 11:00am EST (expect updated alert by this time)

Event Onset: Friday 1:00pm EST

Event Ends: Saturday 5:00am EST

Issued by: NWS Key West FL

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

* WHAT...Northwest to north winds increasing to 20 to 25 knots
during the afternoon. Seas building to 7 feet in the Straits of
Florida and offshore Gulf waters tonight.

* WHERE...Straits of Florida, Hawk Channel from Craig Key to
Halfmoon Shoal, and Gulf waters 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.

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

Meta data: 
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.81ff213ce3e0b6ce15e66b1d4e861d1f81a34b70.001.1
Codes: GMZ032, GMZ033, GMZ034, GMZ035, GMZ043, GMZ044, GMZ053, GMZ054, GMZ055, GMZ073, GMZ074, GMZ075
Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.81ff213ce3e0b6ce15e66b1d4e861d1f81a34b70.001.1