Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Issued by the National Weather Service
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: Thursday 10:25pm EDT
Alert Effective: Thursday 10:25pm EDT
Alert Expires: Friday 5:00am EDT
Event Onset: Thursday 10:25pm EDT
Event Ends: Friday 5:00am EDT
Issued by: NWS Key West FL
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT... * WHAT...Northwest to north winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts of up to 30 knots and seas of 6 to 8 ft. * WHERE...Straits of Florida, Hawk Channel, and Florida Bay and the nearshore Gulf waters. * 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.
Inexperienced boaters, especially those with smaller vessels, should avoid operating in these conditions.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7fcd1f0473ae6434a345918528a87ba21841a28e.001.1 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:2.49.0.1.840.0.7fcd1f0473ae6434a345918528a87ba21841a28e.001.1