SPS for the Keys

SOUTH FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE:

STRONG ROTATING THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 20 NM SOUTH OF KEY WEST. STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WATERSPOUTS.

New Event for Mainland Monroe County

SPS valid from Aug 25 9:14 PM to 10:30 PM EDT

Sent to SMS and E-Mail at Aug 25 9:15 PM EDT

Radar Time: Aug 25 2012 9:25 PM EDT

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
914 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

GMZ031-032-042>044-052>055-072>075-260230-
FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BLACKWATER AND BUTTONWOOD SOUNDS-
BAYSIDE AND GULF SIDE FROM CRAIG KEY 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-
914 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2012

...SHOWERS WITH STRONG WINDS OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS...

THROUGH 1030 PM...NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL MOVE WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD AT AROUND 35 KNOTS...MAINLY OVER THE
FLORIDA STRAITS AND HAWK CHANNEL SOUTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. SCATTERED
OTHER SHOWERS WILL BE OVER THE NEARSHORE GULF AND BAY WATERS OF THE
FLORIDA KEYS. MARINERS CAN EXPECT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55
KNOTS...BLINDING DOWNPOURS...VERY ROUGH AND CONFUSED SEAS...AND
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES NEAR ANY OF THESE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

AS OF 915 PM...A STRONG...ROTATING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED
APPROXIMATELY 20 NM SOUTH OF KEY WEST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND
OTHERS IN THE VICINITY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WATERSPOUTS
A WATERSPOUT IS A TORNADO OVER WATER...REMAIN AWAY FROM WATERSPOUTS
AT ALL TIMES.