Special Weather Statement issued May 4 at 3:57PM EDT by NWS Key West FL
At 356 PM EDT, the public reported showers producing a waterspout near Niles Channel Bridge. These showers were nearly stationary. HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts up to 40 mph. SOURCE...Public. IMPACT...Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous waters. Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Bahia Honda Channel Bridge, West End Of Seven Mile Bridge, Niles Channel Bridge, Spanish Harbor Channel Bridge, Ohio Key, Bahia Honda Key, Little Torch Key, Middle Torch Key, Little Palm Island Resort, and Big Torch Key. This includes US 1 between mile markers 24 and 40.
FEMA is still here to help West Virginians
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Small Craft Advisory issued April 30 at 10:30PM EDT until May 1 at 5:00AM EDT by NWS Key West FL
* WHAT...Northeast to east 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
Small Craft Advisory issued April 29 at 10:27PM EDT until April 30 at 5:00AM EDT by NWS Key West FL
* WHAT...Northeast to east winds near 20 knots. Seas up to 7 feet in the Straits of Florida. * 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
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