Coastal Flood Statement

1014 PM EDT MON SEP 6 2010

...MINOR STREET FLOODING EXPECTED FROM PERIGEAN SPRING TIDES... 

A LUNAR PERIGEE...WHICH OCCURS ON WEDNESDAY...IS RESULTING IN TIDE 
LEVELS HIGHER THAN NORMALLY SEEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS. MINOR TIDAL 
OVERFLOW WILL OCCUR AT SOME LOCATIONS IN THE KEYS DURING THE TIME 
OF  HIGH TIDE ON TUESDAY MORNING. WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK 
AT JUST BELOW 3 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER FOR AN HOUR OR SO ON 
EITHER SIDE OF THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE...CAUSING MINOR STREET 
FLOODING  IN LOW LYING AREAS. HOWEVER...NO ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE.

AT KEY WEST HARBOR...HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 936 AM.

AT VACA CUT...HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 825 AM.

AT WHALE HARBOR CHANNEL...HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 826 AM.

PLEASE REPORT COASTAL FLOODING TO YOUR FLORIDA KEYS NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. DIAL 305-295-1316 EXTENSION 3.

THESE ABOVE NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH AT 
LEAST WEDNESDAY AS SPRING TIDES PEAK DURING THE NEW MOON PHASE. 
ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED. 

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Hazardous Weather Outlook

555 AM EDT MON SEP 6 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS AND
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WATER LEVELS DURING THE HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING WILL BE HIGHER THAN
NORMAL. WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH JUST BELOW 3 FEET ABOVE
MEAN LOWER LOW WATER FOR AN HOUR OR SO ON EITHER SIDE OF THE TIME 
OF HIGH TIDE...CAUSING MINOR STREET FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS AND
SURROUNDING WATERS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE
CLOUD TO SURFACE LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 35 MPH IN THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.

A CLOUD LINE MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE KEYS ISLAND CHAIN THIS AFTERNOON...

AND ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. WATERSPOUTS ARE MOST
LIKELY TO DEVELOP FROM A CLOUD LINE WITH DARK FLAT BASES...JUST AT
THE HINT OF RAIN. MARINERS SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF THEIR
SURROUNDINGS...AND MOVE AWAY FROM ANY OBSERVED WATERSPOUTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED OVER THE FLORIDA KEYS AND
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL
BE CLOUD TO SURFACE LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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Special Weather Statement

FLZ076>078-070300-
MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEY LARGO...MARATHON...KEY WEST
943 PM EDT MON SEP 6 2010

...STRONG SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINS IN PORTIONS OF
THE FLORIDA KEYS...

AT 940 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS A COUPLE AREAS OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS IN
THE FLORIDA KEYS. ONE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO DRIFT
SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH THE EXTREME UPPER KEYS...FROM OCEAN REEF TO
NEAR KEYS LARGO. ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY DOWNPOURS EXTENDS ACROSS THE
MIDDLE KEYS...FROM KEY COLONY BEACH TOWARDS THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE.

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES ALONG WITH GAGE ACCUMULATIONS AT THE MARATHON
AIRPORT SHOW BETWEEN TWO AND TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN. WINDS HAVE GUSTED AROUND 30 MPH WITH SOME OF THESE HEAVY
DOWNPOURS AS WELL.

RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR A PERIOD OF
BLINDING DOWNPOURS...ALONG WITH SEVERAL LIGHTNING STRIKES.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AS SIGNIFICANT
PONDING OF WATER ON SOME ROADWAYS IS EXPECTED. ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL
TIME LATE THIS EVENING IN ALL OF THE FLORIDA KEYS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR CHANNEL
76 ON YOUR LOCAL CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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There are currently no Short Term Forecasts Islamorada, Florida.