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Flood Watch 2, NWS Key West, FL

December 13, 2023Monroe County, Florida

NWS Key West, FL issued this flood watch at Dec 13, 2023, 3:16 PM EST for Monroe County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 15, 2023, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 13, 2023, 3:16 PM EST (20:16 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 15, 2023, 4:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 17, 2023, 4:11 AM EST
In force: 48 hr
Issued by: NWS Key West, FL
Flood severity: None

County Monroe County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood 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 flood watch went out at Dec 13, 3:08 PM EST, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 3:08 PM EST, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 13, 4:32 AM EST, 10 hours 44 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	Lasted
Dec 13, 4:39 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	KEY	36 min
Dec 13, 4:48 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	KEY	27 min
Dec 13, 5:10 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	KEY	50 min
Dec 13, 5:59 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	KEY	49 min

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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.