{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.30e1ae151cf6a195e5114b1d52eaa9eccc957791.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Marine Weather Statement issued September 20 at 6:18PM EDT by NWS Key West FL","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-09-20","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.30e1ae151cf6a195e5114b1d52eaa9eccc957791.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Key West FL"},"word_count":351,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Marine Weather Statement: Marine Weather Statement issued September 20 at 6:18PM EDT by NWS Key West FL\n\n**Severity:** Minor\n**Certainty:** Observed\n**Urgency:** Expected\n**Areas:** Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound; Bayside and Gulfside from Craig Key to West End of Seven Mile Bridge; Gulf of America 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 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\n**Issued by:** NWS Key West FL\n**Sent:** 2026-09-20T18:18:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-09-20T18:18:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-09-20T19:45:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nThe areas affected include...\nHawk Channel and Straits of Florida from Craig Key to Halfmoon Shoal\nout 20 nm...\nBay and Gulf Side from Craig Key to Halfmoon Shoal out to 5\nfathoms...\nFlorida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood\nSound...\nHawk Channel from Ocean Reef to Craig Key out to the reef...\n\nAt 617 PM EDT, National Weather Service meteorologists detected a\ndisorganized cluster of strong thunderstorms, capable of producing\nwind gusts near 30 knots.\nThese thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near\nAnnette Key to Little Pine Key to near Sombrero Key Light to 7 nm\nsouthwest of East Washerwoman Shoal Light, moving northeast at 15\nknots.\n\nLocations that will be affected include...\nBig Pine Shoal, Annette Key, Howe Key, Bonefish Tower, Tennessee Reef\nLight, Money Key, and Cooks Island.\n\n## Instructions\nPrepare for rainfall rates up to INSERT RAINFALL RATE inches per\nhour. Make sure bilge passages and scuppers are clean of any debris\nor obstruction.\n\nIntense and continuous lightning is occurring with these storms. Stay\nlow, or go below. Lower VHF antenna, outriggers, fishing rods, and\numbrellas. Avoid open areas on islands and sandbars. Do not shelter\nunder tall or isolated trees on nearby mangrove islands."}