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Special Weather Statement, NWS Key West, FL
NWS Key West, FL issued this special weather statement at Mar 27, 2015, 8:40 PM EDT. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 2015, 8:40 PM EDT (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2015, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Key West, FL
The radar
The Key West radar (KBYX), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Mar 27, 3:00 PM EDT, 5 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 3:00 PM EDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 555 AM EDT FRI MAR 27 2015 FLZ076>078-GMZ031>035-042>044-052>055-072>075-281000- MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS- FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BLACKWATER SOUND, BUTTONWOOD SOUND, AND BARNES SOUND- BAYSIDE AND GULFSIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE- GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT AND BEYOND 5 FATHOMS- GULF OF MEXICO INCLUDING DRY TORTUGAS AND REBECCA SHOAL CHANNEL- GULF OF MEXICO FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT TO 5 FATHOMS- HAWK CHANNEL FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT TO THE REEF- HAWK CHANNEL FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE OUT TO THE REEF- HAWK CHANNEL FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO HALFMOON SHOAL OUT TO THE REEF- STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM- STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM- STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO SOUTH OF HALFMOON SHOAL OUT 20 NM- STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM HALFMOON SHOAL TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 20 NM- STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT- STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM WEST END OF SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO SOUTH OF HALFMOON SHOAL 20 TO 60 NM OUT- STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM HALFMOON SHOAL TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 555 AM EDT FRI MAR 27 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE FLORIDA KEYS...AS WELL AS OVER NEARSHORE AND OFFSHORE WATERS SURROUNDING THE ISLAND CHAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY THUNDERSTORM HAZARD WILL BE CLOUD TO SURFACE LIGHTNING STRIKES. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR ALL KEYS COASTAL WATERS BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON...AND EXTEND THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF THE FLORIDA STRAITS SATURDAY NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR ALL KEYS COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF THE FLORIDA STRAITS SATURDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 27, 7:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Key West, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 8:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 55 min | |
| Mar 27, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | KEY | 46 min | |
| Mar 27, 8:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 52 min | |
| Mar 27, 8:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 64 min | |
| Mar 27, 9:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | KEY | 49 min | |
| Mar 27, 9:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 52 min | |
| Mar 27, 9:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 62 min | |
| Mar 27, 10:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | KEY | 51 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Florida, 2015Every special weather statement in 2015
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.