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BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL

240 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2001



...FLOOD WATCH CANCELLED FOR THE LOWER AND MIDDLE FLORIDA KEYS...

...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE UPPER FLORIDA KEYS...



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.



SINCE DRIER AIR HAS MOVED NORTHEAST INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS 

THIS AFTERNOON...THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE LOWER 

AND MIDDLE KEYS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL LIKELY FOR THE 

UPPER KEYS TODAY...SO THE WATCH CONTINUES THERE. IN FACT...THERE IS 

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

URBAN FLOOD ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE UPPER KEYS LATER TODAY.



BECAUSE OF A WESTWARD MOVING TROPICAL SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF 

MEXICO...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO OCCUR 

THROUGHOUT THE KEYS TONIGHT.



RESIDENTS IN THE UPPER KEYS SHOULD TAKEN PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT 

PROPERTY IN AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING. 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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