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URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL

245 AM EDT WED AUG 15 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN



URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...

  THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY...



UNTIL 500 AM EDT.



A NEARLY STATIONARY BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS PRODUCED 

BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH OF RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF THE LOWER KEYS 

SINCE IT BEGAN AROUND 1:30 OR 2:00 AM. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT THE MOST RAIN...ALMOST ONE AND ONE HALF 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED ON UPPER SUGARLOAF KEY.



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS 

MORNING...MAINLY FROM LOWER SUGARLOAF KEY TO KEY WEST. THIS WILL 

RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AS WELL AS IN 

BOTH POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.



MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...AS YOU 

COULD EASILY LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE OR STALL OUT. 



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