Key West, FL Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT...

* WHAT...Northeast to east winds increasing to 20 to 25 knots. For
the Gulf waters, including the Dry Tortugas, northeast to east
winds increasing to near 20 knots. Seas building up to 8 feet in
the Straits of Florida.

* WHERE...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.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Inexperienced boaters, especially those with smaller vessels,
should avoid operating in these conditions.

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