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URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL

119 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN



URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...

  THE UPPER FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY...



UNTIL 400 PM EDT.



AT 100 PM EDT...SATELLITE IMAGERY AND DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A

PERSISTANT BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM

FLORIDA BAY TO ACROSS THE UPPER KEYS. THE BAND OF RAINFALL THEN

CONTINUED WELL OFFSHORE THE UPPER KEYS...INTO THE EASTERN STRAITS.



THROUGH AT LEAST MID AFTERNOON...THIS BAND OF RAINFALL WILL CREATE

HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE UPPER KEYS...BETWEEN ONE AND THREE

INCHES. ALSO...THERE IS A FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF THE KEYS THROUGH

THE END OF THE DAY.



DRIVING CONDITIONS ALONG THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY AND SIDE ROADS 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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JHB

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