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Tropical Storm Watch 1018, NWS Key West, FL

October 23, 2012Monroe County, Florida

NWS Key West, FL issued this tropical storm watch at Oct 23, 2012, 5:36 PM EDT for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 66 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 23, 2012, 5:36 PM EDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired: Oct 26, 2012, 11:43 AM EDT
In force: 66 hr
Issued by: NWS Key West, FL

County Monroe County, FL

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tropical storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Key West, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tropical storm watch went out at Oct 23, 10:50 AM EDT, 6 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 23, 10:50 AM EDT, 6 hours 46 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Key West, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 23, 5:36 PM EDT	Hurricane Local Statement	KEY	Monroe	66 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.