Thunderstorm with heavy rainfall produced significant street flooding in the Old Town Historical District of Key West, as well as along the north side of the New Town section.
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The episode as NWS KEY wrote it up.
Thunderstorm with heavy rainfall produced significant street flooding in the Old Town Historical District of Key West, as well as along the north side of the New Town section.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at May 29, 9:05 AM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 1005 AM EDT WED MAY 29 2013 LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL LIKELY IN PORTIONS OF THE ISLAND CHAIN .DISCUSSION... .CURRENTLY... EARLY VISIBLE SATELLITE PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW CLOUDY SKIES WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S ALONG THE ISLAND CHAIN. MEANWHILE...LOCAL RADARS ARE DETECTING SCATTERED SHOWERS...AREAS OF RAIN ALONG ALONG WITH ONLY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COVERING SOUTH FLORIDA AND OUR COUNTY WARNING AREA. SURFACE WISE...A VERY FORMIDABLE WESTERN ATLANTIC RIDGE EXTENDS INTO THE CAROLINAS...WITH A WELL PRONOUNCED TROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO...AND ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS AND JUST OFFSHORE OF THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST. OUTSIDE OF DEEP CONVECTION...WINDS ARE EAST TO SOUTHEAST NEAR 15 KNOTS. OTHERWISE...OUR MORNING SOUNDING WAS EXTREMELY MOIST ( 2.14 INCHES) AND CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE. GENTLE TO MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS REACH UP TO 700 MB...BEFORE BECOMING CHAOTIC ABOVE. .SHORT TERM...(REST OF TODAY)... GIVEN AN ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURE IN PLACE....A NEARBY LOW AND MID LEVEL CYCLONIC FLOW COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MIGRATING EAST ACROSS THE ARCHIPELAGO OF CUBA AND THE ADJACENT NORTHWEST CARIBBEAN AND OUR AREA WILL RESULT IN LARGE SCALE ASCENT...ALBEIT MODEST FOR THE BALANCE OF TODAY. IN ADDITION...THE STRONGEST LOW LEVEL SPEED CONFLUENCE (SURFACE TO 850 MB) WILL BE FOUND FROM THE UPPER KEYS NORTHWARD INTO SOUTH FLORIDA AWAY FROM THE OPEN WAVE/TROUGH. REGARDLESS...LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL POPS WILL BE KEPT ALONG THE ISLAND CHAIN WITH THE PRIMARY CONCERN BEING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ESPECIALLY IN THE UPPER KEYS. CONSIDERABLE CLOUD COVER AND RAINFALL WILL KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 80 AND 85 DEGREES. && .MARINE... WITH A PERSISTENT TROUGH LYING NEAR THE FLORIDA KEYS AND A WESTERN ATLANTIC RIDGE ANCHORED ACROSS THE CAROLINA COAST...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT NEARBY REMAINS SOMEWHAT OPEN WITH THE HIGHEST WINDS OFFSHORE OF THE UPPER KEYS AND NORTHWARD. HENCE...WILL REPLACE THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WITH AN EXERCISE CAUTION. ALSO...WILL REPLACE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH ISOLATED...BUT MAINTAIN WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER NEAR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .AVIATION... THROUGH 30TH/12Z...DEEP MOISTURE COMBINED WITH A NEARLY STATIONARY UPSTREAM LOW-LEVEL TROUGH WILL KEEP THE ATMOSPHERE PRIMED FOR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPO MVFR CIGS AND VIS ARE LIKELY AT THE EYW AND MTH TERMINALS...WITH IFR LESS LIKELY DUE TO LIMITED THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE. LOW-LEVEL WIND FIELDS HAVE BEEN ERRATIC DUE TO NEARBY CONVECTION AND HAVE BEEN LIMITED BY THE UPSTREAM TROUGH. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 10 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 25 KNOTS IN AND NEAR CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. && .KEY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GM...NONE. && PUBLIC/MARINE.........KASPER AVIATION/NOWCASTS.....DEVANAS DATA COLLECTION.......MSB VISIT US ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KEYWEST
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 1030 AM EDT WED MAY 29 2013 FLZ076>078-GMZ031>035-042>044-052>055-072>075-301000- MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS- FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BARNES SOUND, BLACKWATER SOUND, AND BUTTONWOOD SOUND- BAYSIDE AND GULF SIDE 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- 1030 AM EDT WED MAY 29 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE FLORIDA KEYS...AS WELL AS NEARSHORE AND OFFSHORE WATERS SURROUNDING THE ISLAND CHAIN. THE PRIMARY THUNDERSTORM HAZARDS WILL BE CLOUD TO SURFACE LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS. DUE TO THE OCCASIONAL SPELLS OF RAINFALL ALONG THE ISLAND CHAIN IN THE LAST 36 HOURS...ADDITIONAL BOUTS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE ALREADY PONDING OF ROADWAYS ESPECIALLY IN PARKING LOTS AND SIDE STREETS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS POSSIBLE FOR ALL WATERS SURROUNDING THE FLORIDA KEYS TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE FLORIDA KEYS...AS WELL AS OVER NEARSHORE AND OFFSHORE WATERS ADJACENT TO THE ISLAND CHAIN. THE PRIMARY THUNDERSTORM HAZARDS WILL BE CLOUD TO SURFACE LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS POSSIBLE FOR ALL KEYS COASTAL WATERS THURSDAY...AND MAY BE REQUIRED FOR ALL KEYS COASTAL WATERS THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Key West Police Department officers reported the 100 to 300 blocks of Duval Street were barricaded due to street flooding. Public reports were received of flooding within one block of Front and Duval Streets.
Key West Police Department officers reported the left lane of North Roosevelt Boulevard was closed within a few blocks of 17th Street due to flooding.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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