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| #553648 (Received by flhurricane at: 5:05 PM 28.Oct.2012) CFWKEY COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 445 PM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012 FLZ076>078-290900- /O.EXT.KKEY.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-121029T0900Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS- 445 PM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT MONDAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...SEVERAL FLORIDA KEYS RESIDENTS HAVE REPORTED MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING AREAS EXPOSED TO PERSISTENT AND STRONG NORTHWEST BREEZES. AREAS WITH HIGHEST REPORTED WATER LEVELS INCLUDE THOSE PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO BLACKWATER SOUND AND SEXTON COVE. SOME SECONDARY ROADS IN THESE AREAS HAVE BEEN INUNDATED TO A DEPTH OF A FOOT OR MORE. WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK AGAIN JUST UNDER 3 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE LATE THIS EVENING...AND FOR SEVERAL HOURS THEREAFTER. * TIMING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS WILL PERSIST TONIGHT WITH THE HIGHEST WATER LEVELS LIKELY OCCURRING NEAR TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...RANGING FROM 800 PM TO 100 AM EDT DEPENDING ON LOCATION. * IMPACTS...THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE MINOR STREET FLOODING UP TO ONE FOOT IN DEPTH IN THE LOWEST ELEVATION STREETS. SOME STORM DRAINS MAY OVERFLOW...AND SOME LOW-LYING DOCKS AND SEAWALLS MAY BE OVER-TOPPED AS WELL. FLOODING IS MOST LIKELY ON THE THE GULF AND BAY SIDES OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED COASTAL FLOODING TO YOUR FLORIDA KEYS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT 305-295-1316 EXTENSION 3. ADDITIONAL COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU LIVE IN A LOCATION PRONE TO COASTAL FLOODING...YOU MAY NEED TO MOVE PERSONAL PROPERTY TO HIGHER GROUND. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. $$ |
| #553462 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:38 AM 28.Oct.2012) CFWKEY COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 437 AM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012 FLZ076>078-282100- /O.EXT.KKEY.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-121028T2100Z/ MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS- 437 AM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT... * COASTAL FLOODING...PERSISTENT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUES TO PUSH GULF WATER TOWARDS THE FLORIDA KEYS. THIS IS RESULTING IN MINOR COASTAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...PARTICULARLY ON THE GULF SIDE OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK AROUND 2.75 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE...AND FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER. * TIMING...THE HIGHEST WATER LEVEL WILL OCCUR FROM AROUND 800 AM TO 1100 AM IN THE LOWER AND UPPER KEYS...AND AROUND 100 PM TO 400 PM ALONG THE MIDDLE KEYS. * IMPACTS...THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE MINOR STREET FLOODING OF AROUND HALF A FOOT IN DEPTH ON THE LOWEST ELEVATION STREETS... MOSTLY ON THE GULF SIDE AND BAY SIDE OF THE FLORIDA KEYS...AND NEAR OVERFLOWING STORM DRAINS. PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED TIDAL FLOODING TO YOUR FLORIDA KEYS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT 305-295-1316 EXTENSION 3. ADDITIONAL COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU LIVE IN A LOCATION PRONE TO TIDAL FLOODING...YOU MAY NEED TO MOVE PERSONAL PROPERTY TO HIGHER GROUND. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. $$ |
