Alert archive / Florida / Coastal Flood Statements in 2012
Coastal Flood Statement 8, NWS Key West, FL
NWS Key West, FL issued this coastal flood statement at Nov 14, 2012, 12:09 PM EST for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 14, 2012, 12:09 PM EST (17:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 2012, 11:00 PM EST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Key West, FL
County Monroe County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 69 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 986 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 698 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
724 WHUS42 KKEY 141709 CFWKEY COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 1209 PM EST WED NOV 14 2012 FLZ076>078-150400- /O.NEW.KKEY.CF.S.0008.121114T1709Z-121115T0400Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS- 1209 PM EST WED NOV 14 2012 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE DURING HIGH TIDES THROUGH TONIGHT... * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS LIKELY TO OCCUR 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 BETWEEN 1.5 AND 1.8 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 TONIGHT. HIGH TIDE AT VACA KEYS WILL OCCUR AT 356 PM...AND HIGH TIDE AT KEY WEST HARBOR WILL OCCUR AT 934 PM TONIGHT. LOCATIONS MOST AFFECTED MAY SEE UP TO ONE HALF FOOT OF WATER PONDING ALONG LOW LYING AREAS AND NEAR STORM DRAINS...ESPECIALLY AT LOCATIONS ALONG THE LOWER KEYS. * 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 TO OCCUR ALONG THE LOWER 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. $$ BWC
1 follow-up statement
387 WHUS42 KKEY 150359 CFWKEY COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 1059 PM EST WED NOV 14 2012 FLZ076>078-150500- /O.EXP.KKEY.CF.S.0008.000000T0000Z-121115T0400Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS- 1059 PM EST WED NOV 14 2012 ...THREAT OF MINOR COASTAL FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ALLOWED THE COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT...WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR LOW LYING AREAS IN THE FLORIDA KEYS...TO EXPIRE. TIDE LEVELS WHICH RECENTLY PEAKED NEAR 2.9 FEET IN THE LOWER KEYS...AND NEAR 2 FEET ALONG THE BAY SIDE IN THE UPPER KEYS...ARE ALREADY SUBSIDING. PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED COASTAL FLOODING TO YOUR FLORIDA KEYS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT 305-295-1316 EXTENSION 3. ADDITIONAL COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Key West, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 11:00 PM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | KEY | Monroe | 5 hr |
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Sources
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.