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URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL

250 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY 

FOR...



THE MIDDLE AND LOWER KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY...



UNTIL 600 PM EDT.



AT 250 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER THE LOWER 

AND MIDDLE KEYS. THIS RAIN WILL ONLY ADD TO THE ALREADY EXISTENT 

STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS. RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN TWO AND THREE 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE AND LOWER 

KEYS DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS...ESPECIALLY FROM BAHIA HONDA KEY 

TO UPPER SUGARLOAF KEY. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS 

EXPECTED ACROSS THE PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE AND LOWER KEYS THROUGH 

THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED 

FROM UPPER SUGARLOAF KEY TO KEY WEST. PERIODS OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED 

IN THE UPPER KEYS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE...BUT ANY TYPE OF 

FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.  



DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT 

DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...AS YOU COULD EASILY LOSE 

CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE OR STALL OUT. PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST.



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