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Watches, Warnings, and Advisories

for Straits of Florida from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to south of Halfmoon Shoal out 20 NM

Issued by the National Weather Service

    SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY  

Straits of Florida from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to south of Halfmoon Shoal out 20 NM

Small Craft Advisory issued April 26 at 4:21PM EDT until April 27 at 5:00AM EDT by NWS Key West FL

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT

Areas Affected: 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

Urgency: Expected

Severity: Minor

Certainty: Likely

Alert Sent: Friday 4:21pm EDT

Alert Effective: Friday 4:21pm EDT

Alert Expires: Saturday 12:30am EDT (expect updated alert by this time)

Event Onset: Friday 4:21pm EDT

Event Ends: Saturday 5:00am EDT

Issued by: NWS Key West FL

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

* WHAT...East winds increasing to near 20 knots, and seas
building to up to 7 feet in the 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.

Meta data: 
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Codes: GMZ031, GMZ032, GMZ033, GMZ034, GMZ035, GMZ042, GMZ043, GMZ044, GMZ052, GMZ053, GMZ054, GMZ055, GMZ072, GMZ073, GMZ074, GMZ075
Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3442e95d58202083dd229a49e247f2090d819bfc.001.1