Weather

...SQUALLY SHOWERS WILL MOVE WEST THROUGH THE WATERS SOUTH OF THE
MARQUESAS KEYS AND REBECCA SHOAL...

THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
HAWK CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE
BRIDGE TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 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...

AT 630 PM EDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SQUALL, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS. THIS SQUALL
WAS LOCATED NEAR BOCA GRANDE, MOVING WEST AT 25 KNOTS.

LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
MARQUESAS KEYS, COSGROVE SHOAL LIGHT, BOCA GRANDE AND TWENTY-EIGHT
FOOT SHOAL LIGHT.

PREPARE FOR SQUALLS WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 30 KNOTS, LOCALLY ROUGH AND
CONFUSED SEAS, AND POTENTIALLY BLINDING DOWNPOURS.

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...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT...

* WHAT...EAST WINDS NEAR 20 KNOTS. SEAS AS HIGH AS 6 FEET ACROSS
THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO INCLUDING THE
WATERS NEAR THE DRY TORTUGAS. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER NEAR
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

* WHERE...STRAITS OF FLORIDA, HAWK CHANNEL, 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.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

INEXPERIENCED BOATERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH SMALLER VESSELS,
SHOULD AVOID OPERATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

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* WHAT...MINOR SALTWATER FLOODING.

* WHERE...FLORIDA KEYS.

* WHEN...THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...MINOR SALTWATER FLOODING OF LOW ELEVATION STREETS
AND LOTS IS LIKELY. SOME STORM DRAINS WILL OVERFLOW, AND SOME
SEAWALLS AND DOCKS WILL BE OVERTOPPED. BOATERS CAN EXPECT LESS
CLEARANCE UNDER FIXED BRIDGES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMEMBER THAT
PERSISTENT PUDDLES AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE ARE ALMOST
CERTAIN TO CONTAIN A MIX OF SALTWATER.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...OVER THE MIDDLE AND LOWER KEYS, THE NEXT
ROUND OF MINOR SALTWATER FLOODING WILL OCCUR WITH THE HIGH TIDE
CYCLE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. OVER THE UPPER
KEYS, MINOR SALTWATER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE, WITH NO RELIEF AT
LOW TIDE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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