Alert archive / Florida / Coastal Flood Statements in 2012
Coastal Flood Statement 9, NWS Key West, FL
NWS Key West, FL issued this coastal flood statement at Nov 24, 2012, 11:05 AM EST for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 24, 2012, 11:05 AM EST (16:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 25, 2012, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 23 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 16:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
179 WHUS42 KKEY 241605 CFWKEY COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 1105 AM EST SAT NOV 24 2012 FLZ076>078-250300- /O.NEW.KKEY.CF.S.0009.121124T1605Z-121125T0900Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS- 1105 AM EST SAT NOV 24 2012 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE ALONG THE BAYSIDE OF THE UPPER FLORIDA KEYS AND DURING HIGH TIDE ALONG THE MIDDLE AND LOWER KEYS... * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG THE BAYSIDE NEAR MILE MARKER 103 IN KEY LARGO. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG IN LOW ELEVATION FLORIDA BAY COMMUNITIES FROM KEY LARGO THROUGH ISLAMORADA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY TO OCCUR THIS EVENING IN LOW LYING AREAS MAINLY DUE TO HIGH TIDES REACHING NEAR ONE FOOT ABOVE NORMAL PROJECTED HIGH TIDES. THIS WILL BRING WATER LEVELS UP TO AROUND 2 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. HIGH TIDES WILL GENERALLY OCCUR BETWEEN 700 PM AND 1100 PM TONIGHT. * TIMING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS WILL OCCUR WITH THE HIGHEST WATER LEVELS LIKELY OCCURRING AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE...WHICH WILL GENERALLY OCCUR BETWEEN 700 PM AND 1100 PM THIS EVENING. BUT THE EXACT TIMING OF THE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AT ANY POINT THROUGHOUT THE THE KEYS WILL DEPEND ON THE LOCATION. NOTE THAT ALONG THE BAYSIDE IN THE UPPER KEYS...THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW TIDES IS SMALL...AND THEREFORE SOME COASTAL FLOODING IMPACT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE EVEN NEAR LOW TIDE. * IMPACTS...THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE MINOR STREET FLOODING IN THE LOWEST ELEVATION STREETS UP TO 4 TO 6 INCHES IN DEPTH. SOME STORM DRAINS MAY OVERFLOW...AND SOME LOW LYING DOCKS AND SEAWALLS MAY BE OVER TOPPED AS WELL. THE IMPACTS WILL BE FAIRLY CONTINUOUS ALONG THE UPPER KEYS...WHEREAS IN THE MIDDLE AND LOWER KEYS BE MOST PRONOUNCED NEAR THE TIMES OF THE PROJECTED HIGH TIDES. 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. $$
2 follow-up statements
423 WHUS42 KKEY 250253 CFWKEY COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 953 PM EST SAT NOV 24 2012 FLZ077-078-250400- /O.CAN.KKEY.CF.S.0009.000000T0000Z-121125T0900Z/ MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS- 953 PM EST SAT NOV 24 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT CANCELLED... THE COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT...WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IN THE MIDDLE AND LOWER KEYS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. TIDES ARE RECEDING AND MINIMAL COASTAL FLOODING IN THE MIDDLE AND LOWER KEYS IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TONIGHT. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN THE MIDDLE AND LOWER KEYS NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE SUNDAY EVENING. $$ FLZ076-251500- /O.EXT.KKEY.CF.S.0009.000000T0000Z-121125T1500Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS- 953 PM EST SAT NOV 24 2012 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE BAYSIDE OF THE UPPER KEYS... * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG THE BAYSIDE PORTION OF THE UPPER KEYS NEAR MILE MARKER 103 IN KEY LARGO. MINIMAL COASTAL FLOODING SHOULD PERSIST IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE BAYSIDE PORTION OF THE UPPER KEYS FROM ISLAMORADA TO KEY LARGO THIS WEEKEND. * TIMING...THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIGH TIDE AND LOW TIDE IS SMALL IN THE UPPER KEYS. THEREFORE...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL LIKELY PERSIST IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE BAYSISE PORTION OF THE UPPER KEYS FROM ISLAMORADA TO KEY LARGO EVEN NEAR THE TIME OF LOW TIDE. * IMPACTS...THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE MINOR STREET FLOODING OF LOWEST ELEVATION STREETS OF UP TO 4 TO 6 INCHES IN DEPTH. SOME STORM DRAINS MAY OVERFLOW...AND SOME LOW LYING DOCKS AND SEAWALLS MAY BE OVER TOPPED AS WELL. 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. $$ BS
607 WHUS42 KKEY 251509 CFWKEY COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 1009 AM EST SUN NOV 25 2012 FLZ076-260400- /O.EXP.KKEY.CF.S.0009.000000T0000Z-121125T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KKEY.CF.S.0010.121125T1509Z-121126T0900Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS- 1009 AM EST SUN NOV 25 2012 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING EXPECTED ALONG THE BAYSIDE OF THE UPPER KEYS... * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE REPORTED IN WATERFRONT COMMUNITIES ALONG THE BAYSIDE PORTION OF THE UPPER KEYS IN KEY LARGO FROM MILE MARKER 103 THROUGH 106. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING SHOULD PERSIST IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE BAYSIDE PORTION OF THE UPPER KEYS FROM ISLAMORADA TO KEY LARGO EARLY THIS WEEK. * TIMING...THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIGH TIDE AND LOW TIDE IS SMALL IN THE UPPER KEYS. THEREFORE...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL LIKELY PERSIST IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE BAYSISE PORTION OF THE UPPER KEYS FROM ISLAMORADA TO KEY LARGO EVEN NEAR THE TIME OF LOW TIDE. * IMPACTS...THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE MINOR STREET FLOODING OF LOWEST ELEVATION STREETS OF UP 6 INCHES IN DEPTH. SOME STORM DRAINS MAY OVERFLOW...AND SOME LOW LYING DOCKS AND SEAWALLS MAY BE OVER TOPPED AS WELL. PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED COASTAL FLOODING TO YOUR FLORIDA KEYS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT 305-295-1316 EXTENSION 3. ADDITIONAL COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU LIVE IN A LOCATION PRONE TO COASTAL FLOODING...YOU MAY NEED TO MOVE PERSONAL PROPERTY TO HIGHER GROUND. $$ FLZ077-078-260400- /O.NEW.KKEY.CF.S.0010.121125T1509Z-121126T0900Z/ MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS- 1009 AM EST SUN NOV 25 2012 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE IN THE MIDDLE AND LOWER KEYS THIS EVENING... * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MIDDLE AND LOWER KEYS AROUND THE TIMES OF THE EVENING HIGH TIDE. WATER LEVELS UP TO AROUND 2.1 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL CAN BE EXPECTED AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING. * TIMING...HIGH TIDES ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR GENERALLY BETWEEN 700 PM AND MIDNIGHT. THE EXACT TIMING OF THE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WITHIN THIS TIME RANGE WILL DEPEND ON LOCATION...ESPECIALLY AS TIDES ALONG THE GULF AND BAYSIDE TEND TO OCCUR A FEW HOURS AFTER THE TIDES ON THE ATLANTIC SIDE. AS THE TIDE EBBS LATE THIS EVENING...THE IMPACTS OF COASTAL FLOODING SHOULD END. * IMPACTS...THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE MINOR STREET FLOODING IN THE LOWEST ELEVATION STREETS AND SECONDARY ROADS UP TO 4 TO 6 INCHES IN DEPTH. SOME STORM DRAINS MAY OVERFLOW...AND SOME LOW LYING DOCKS AND SEAWALLS MAY BE OVER TOPPED AS WELL. 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. $$
Nearby
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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.