Coastal Flood Statement 7, NWS Key West, FL

Issued

Nov 13, 2012, 11:00 PM EST (04:00 UTC)

Expired

Nov 14, 2012, 4:07 AM EST

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Key West, FL

County Monroe County, FL

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WHUS42 KKEY 140400
CFWKEY

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1100 PM EST TUE NOV 13 2012

FLZ076>078-141400-
/O.NEW.KKEY.CF.S.0007.121114T0400Z-121114T1500Z/
MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-
1100 PM EST TUE NOV 13 2012

...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING STILL POSSIBLE DURING HIGH TIDES OVERNIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...

* COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED THIS
  EVENING IN LOW LYING AREAS MAINLY DUE TO HIGH TIDES REACHING NEAR
  ONE HALF FOOT ABOVE PROJECTED HIGH TIDES. FOR THE LOWER KEYS THE
  PROJECTED TIDES ARE NEAR 2.5 FEET...AND NEAR 2 FEET ALONG THE BAY
  SIDE THROUGH THE UPPER KEYS...WITH NEARLY ONE HALF FOOT ADDED IN
  THE OBSERVATIONS. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY FOR MINOR COASTAL FLOODING
  AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH THE WEDNESDAY MORNING TIDES.
  LOCATIONS MOST AFFECTED MAY SEE UP TO ONE HALF FOOT OF WATER
  PONDING ALONG LOW LYING AREAS AND NEAR STORM DRAINS.

* TIMING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS WILL OCCUR WITH
  THE HIGHEST WATER LEVELS LIKELY OCCURRING AT THE TIME OF HIGH
  TIDE...BUT THE EXACT TIMING OF THE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AT ANY
  POINT THROUGHOUT THE THE KEYS WILL DEPEND ON THE LOCATION.

* IMPACTS...THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE MINOR STREET FLOODING IN THE
  LOWEST ELEVATION STREETS. SOME STORM DRAINS MAY OVERFLOW...AND SOME
  LOW LYING DOCKS AND SEAWALLS MAY BE OVER TOPPED AS WELL. FLOODING
  IS MOST LIKELY ON THE THE GULF AND BAY SIDES OF THE FLORIDA KEYS.

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

ADDITIONAL COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU LIVE IN A LOCATION PRONE TO COASTAL FLOODING...YOU MAY
NEED TO MOVE PERSONAL PROPERTY TO HIGHER GROUND.

$$

BWC

246 
WHUS42 KKEY 140907
CFWKEY

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
407 AM EST WED NOV 14 2012

FLZ076>078-141015-
/O.CAN.KKEY.CF.S.0007.000000T0000Z-121114T1500Z/
MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-
407 AM EST WED NOV 14 2012

...THREAT OF MINOR COASTAL FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS CANCELED THE COASTAL
FLOOD STATEMENT...WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR LOW LYING AREAS THROUGHOUT
THE KEYS. PROJECTED TIDES...NEAR 2.5 FEET IN THE LOWER KEYS...AND
NEAR 2 FEET ALONG THE BAY SIDE IN THE UPPER KEYS...HAVE SUBSIDED.
ANOTHER COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT MAY BE NECESSARY THIS EVENING DURING
HIGH TIDE.

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

ADDITIONAL COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED. 

$$

CLR

Coastal Flood Statements in Florida, 2012Every coastal flood statement in 2012

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.