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: Friday 4:26am EDT
Alert Effective: Friday 4:26am EDT
Alert Expires: Friday 11:00am EDT
Event Onset: Friday 4:26am EDT
Event Ends: Friday 11:00am EDT
Issued by: NWS Key West FL
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT... * WHAT...North to northeast winds near 20 knots. Seas 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.
Inexperienced boaters, especially those with smaller vessels, should avoid operating in these conditions.
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3af8782ffde299bbfaa7d7c4b10c33a62f1f2f36.001.1 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:2.49.0.1.840.0.3af8782ffde299bbfaa7d7c4b10c33a62f1f2f36.001.1