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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL

125 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2001



...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE KEYS TODAY...

...URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE UPPER KEYS UNTIL 400 PM...



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN 

THAT CAN LEAD TO THE FLOODING OF ROADS...IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD 

PRONE AREAS.



FOR THE REST OF TODAY...A DEVELOPING TROPICAL SYSTEM OVER THE 

SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO...WILL CREATE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS. A FLOOD WATCH IS STILL IN 

EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE KEYS TODAY...BUT MAY NEED TO BE 

CANCELLED FOR THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS. AN URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY IS 

IN EFFECT FOR THE UPPER KEYS UNTIL 400 PM...DUE TO A PERSISTANT BAND 

OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IN A FEW HOURS TIME MAY 

OCCUR TODAY. SINCE THE GROUND IS SO SATURATED...ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN 

THAT FALLS WILL COMPLICATE CONDITIONS. 



RESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PROPERTY 

IN AREAS THAT MAY FLOOD DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. MOTORISTS SHOULD 

AVOID DRIVING ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...TO PREVENT 

DAMAGE TO THEIR VEHICLES.



SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY 

WEST IF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED.



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JHB

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