SVSEYW

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1016 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005

FLC087-240230-
/O.CON.KEYW.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-051024T0230Z/
LOWER KEYS IN MONROE FL-
1016 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR LOWER KEYS IN
MONROE COUNTY...

AT 1011 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A ROTATING STORM ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF KEY WEST...MOVING 
NORTH AT 60 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BIG COPPITT KEY...BOCA CHICA...STOCK ISLAND AND KEY WEST BY 1020 PM
  EDT 

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS 
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY 
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU 
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE 
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. 

A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT MONDAY 
MORNING FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS. 

LAT...LON 2431 8179 2430 8159 2472 8156 2473 8179

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