Coastal Flood Statement 4, NWS Key West, FL

Issued

Oct 7, 2016, 4:25 AM EDT (08:25 UTC)

In effect from

Oct 7, 2016, 5:00 AM EDT

Expired

Oct 8, 2016, 2:00 AM EDT

In force

21 hr

Issued by

NWS Key West, FL

County Monroe County, FL

The Miami radar (KAMX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

213 
WHUS42 KKEY 071812
CFWKEY

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
212 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016

FLZ077-071915-
/O.CAN.KKEY.CF.S.0004.000000T0000Z-161007T1800Z/
MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-
212 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016


$$

FLZ076-080215-
/O.EXT.KKEY.CF.S.0004.000000T0000Z-161008T0600Z/
MONROE UPPER KEYS-
212 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016

...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF
   LOW LYING AREAS OF THE UPPER KEYS...

* COASTAL FLOODING...SEA WATER LEVELS AT THE AVAILABLE TIDE GAUGES IN
  THE UPPER KEYS INDICATE WATER LEVELS HAVE RECEDED LITTLE ACROSS
  PORTIONS OF THE UPPER KEYS TODAY. LOCATIONS IN THE UPPER KEYS RANGE
  FROM ONE AND A HALF TO NEAR 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. MINOR COASTAL
  FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG THE BAY SIDE OF THE UPPER
  KEYS AS MOSTLY WEST 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
  UPPER KEYS. 

* TIMING...WATER LEVELS WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THIS AFTERNOON AND
  TONIGHT. WATERS WILL PEAK AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE WHICH ARE
  PREDICTED BETWEEN 130 PM AND 4 PM...AND POSSIBLY AGAIN BETWEEN 1130
  PM TONIGHT AND 130 AM EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. WATER LEVELS WILL
  LIKELY RECEDE ON SATURDAY.

* 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. 

$$

APA

Coastal Flood Statements in Florida, 2016Every coastal flood statement in 2016

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