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Flood Watch 3, NWS Key West, FL

August 2, 2024Monroe County, Florida

NWS Key West, FL issued this flood watch at Aug 2, 2024, 2:55 PM EDT for Monroe County, Florida. It was in force for 44 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 2024, 2:55 PM EDT (18:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2024, 11:16 AM EDT
In force
44 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 18:54 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 Aug 2, 12:55 PM EDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 12:55 PM EDT, 2 hours before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 2, 9:56 AM EDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 5:41 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY37 min
Aug 2, 11:11 AM EDTTropical Storm WatchKEYMonroe48 hr
Aug 2, 11:28 AM EDTCoastal Flood WatchKEYMonroe26 hr
Aug 2, 11:42 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY33 min
Aug 2, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY57 min
Aug 2, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY62 min
Aug 2, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY40 min
Aug 2, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY64 min
Aug 2, 5:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningKEY34 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.