Coastal Flood Statement 3, NWS Key West, FL

Issued

Oct 6, 2016, 11:34 PM EDT (03:34 UTC)

Expired

Oct 7, 2016, 4:25 AM EDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Key West, FL

County Monroe County, FL

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280 
WHUS42 KKEY 070334
CFWKEY

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1134 PM EDT THU OCT 6 2016

FLZ076>078-070900-
/O.NEW.KKEY.CF.S.0003.161007T0334Z-161007T0900Z/
MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-
1134 PM EDT THU OCT 6 2016

...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING EXPECTED OVERNIGHT ACROSS LOW LYING
AREAS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS...

* COASTAL FLOODING...SEA WATER LEVELS AT THE AVAILABLE TIDE GAUGES
  ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS HAVE SLOWLY TRENDED HIGHER THIS EVENING.
  LOCATIONS IN THE LOWER KEYS ARE INDICATING LEVELS AROUND A HALF
  FOOT ABOVE NORMAL...AROUND ONE FOOT ABOVE NORMAL IN THE MIDDLE
  KEYS...AND AROUND ONE AND A HALF FEET ABOVE NORMAL IN THE UPPER
  KEYS. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT ALONG THE BAY
  AND GULF SIDE PORTIONS OF THE ISLAND CHAIN AS WEST TO NORTHWEST
  WINDS AND NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES COMBINE TO RESULT IN
  HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS. MINOR INUNDATION ABOVE GROUND
  LEVEL IS EXPECTED IN LOW-LYING AREAS AND STREETS...MAINLY WITHIN
  NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG THE NORTH SHORES OF THE ISLAND CHAIN.

* TIMING...WATER LEVELS WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL TONIGHT AND WILL
  PEAK AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE WHICH ARE PREDICTED BETWEEN 3
  AND 6 AM ACROSS THE ISLAND CHAIN. WATER LEVELS WILL SLOWLY RECEDE
  FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE ISLAND
  CHAIN...HOWEVER... ABOVE NORMAL WATER LEVELS MAY PERSIST INTO
  SATURDAY FOR BAYSIDE PORTIONS OF THE UPPER KEYS.

* IMPACTS...THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE MINOR SALTWATER FLOODING OF
  YARDS...DOCKS...SEAWALLS...AND THE LOWEST ELEVATION STREETS. SOME
  STORM DRAINS WILL BACK UP AND OVERFLOW.

$$
BS

989 
WHUS42 KKEY 070825
CFWKEY

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
425 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016

FLZ076-077-071630-
/O.CAN.KKEY.CF.S.0003.000000T0000Z-161007T0900Z/
/O.NEW.KKEY.CF.S.0004.161007T0900Z-161007T1800Z/
MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-
425 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016

...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS LOW LYING AREAS OF
THE MIDDLE AND UPPER FLORIDA KEYS...

* COASTAL FLOODING...SEA WATER LEVELS AT THE AVAILABLE TIDE GAUGES
  ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS HAVE SLOWLY TRENDED HIGHER OVERNIGHT.
  LOCATIONS IN THE MIDDLE KEYS ARE INDICATING LEVELS AROUND ONE FOOT
  ABOVE NORMAL...AND AROUND ONE AND A HALF TO NEAR 2 FEET ABOVE
  NORMAL IN THE UPPER KEYS. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED TODAY
  ALONG THE BAY AND GULF SIDE PORTIONS OF THE ISLAND CHAIN AS WEST
  TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES COMBINE TO
  RESULT IN HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS. MINOR INUNDATION ABOVE
  GROUND LEVEL IS EXPECTED IN LOW-LYING AREAS AND STREETS...MAINLY
  WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG THE NORTH SHORES OF THE ISLAND CHAIN.

* TIMING...WATER LEVELS WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL TODAY AND WILL PEAK
  AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE WHICH ARE PREDICTED BETWEEN 1 AND 5
  PM ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS. WATER LEVELS WILL SLOWLY
  RECEDE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE ISLAND
  CHAIN...HOWEVER... ABOVE NORMAL WATER LEVELS MAY PERSIST INTO
  SATURDAY FOR BAYSIDE PORTIONS OF THE UPPER KEYS.

* IMPACTS...THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE MINOR SALTWATER FLOODING 
  OF YARDS...DOCKS...SEAWALLS...AND THE LOWEST ELEVATION 
  STREETS. SOME STORM DRAINS WILL BACK UP AND OVERFLOW. 

$$

FLZ078-070930-
/O.CAN.KKEY.CF.S.0003.000000T0000Z-161007T0900Z/
MONROE LOWER KEYS-
425 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016

...THE COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE LOWER KEYS...

WATERS NEAR HIGH TIDE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO EXCEED 1 FOOT ABOVE
NORMAL..THEREFORE THE COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED
FOR THE LOWER KEYS.

$$

BWC

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