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URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL

600 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY 

FOR...



THE UPPER KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY...



UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.



THROUGH 6 PM...RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE REACHED AT LEAST 1.50 INCHES IN 

PARTS OF THE UPPER KEYS SINCE MID AFTERNOON. DOPPLER RADAR HAS SHOWN 

THE HEAVIEST RAIN SINCE 3 PM TO BE FOUND FROM ISLAMORADA TO 

PLANTATION KEY...AND ALSO OVER PARTS OF KEY LARGO.



ADDITIONAL VERY HEAVY RAINS IN SHOWERS AND AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

PERSIST THIS EVENING OVER ALL OF THE UPPER KEYS. RAINFALL RATES WILL 

OCCASIONALLY REACH UP TO 2 INCHES IN A FEW HOURS TIME. THIS WILL 

RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF MANY ROADS...POOR DRAINAGE 

LOCATIONS AND LOW LYING AREAS.



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. 



PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY 

WEST...NO MATTER HOW MINOR YOU THINK IT MAY BE.



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