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Special Marine Warning 25, NWS Key West, FL
NWS Key West, FL issued this special marine warning at Mar 4, 2012, 1:50 PM EST. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 4, 2012, 1:50 PM EST (18:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2012, 2:26 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Key West, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special marine warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Key West, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special marine warning went out at Mar 4, 10:35 AM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 10:35 AM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 4, 5:35 AM EST, 8 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 535 AM EST SUN MAR 4 2012 FLZ076>078-GMZ031>034-042>044-052>055-072>075-051045- MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS- FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BLACKWATER AND BUTTONWOOD SOUNDS- BAYSIDE AND GULF SIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT TO 5 FATHOMS- 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- 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- 535 AM EST SUN MAR 4 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MIDDLE AND LOWER KEYS DUE TO STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE KEYS...ARRIVING NEAR KEY WEST BETWEEN 10 AND 11 AM...AND MARATHON BY NOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT DUE TO A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA BY MIDDAY. NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE FRONT. WIND GUSTS OVER THE GULF WATER AND WESTERN FLORIDA STRAITS MAY NEAR GALE FORCE AS THE FRONT PASSES BY MIDDAY THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS EXPECTED FOR ALL KEYS COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR PARTS OF THE KEYS WATERS MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. BWC
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 4, 11:39 AM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Key West, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 10:32 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | KEY | 5 days | |
| Mar 4, 3:59 AM EST | Wind Advisory | KEY | Monroe | 12 hr |
| Mar 4, 7:26 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 64 min | |
| Mar 4, 7:56 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 64 min | |
| Mar 4, 8:32 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 88 min | |
| Mar 4, 9:04 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 56 min | |
| Mar 4, 9:46 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 119 min | |
| Mar 4, 11:47 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 118 min |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.