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URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL

1242 PM EDT WED SEP 12 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN



URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...

  THE UPPER FLORIDA KEYS OF MONROE COUNTY...



UNTIL 500 PM EDT.



AT 100 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR PROVIDED AN

ESTIMATE THAT 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF KEY

LARGO...WITH AT LEAST AN INCH OF RAIN OVER OTHER PORTIONS OF THE

UPPER KEYS. RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATE THAT EVEN MORE

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEARING HEAVY RAINFALL...WILL DEVELOP

OVER ATLANTIC WATERS AND MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE UPPER KEYS THIS

AFTERNOON.



LOOK FOR RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 INCHES OR MORE OVER PORTIONS OF

THE UPPER KEYS THROUGH 5 PM. MOTORISTS...PLEASE BE ESPECIALLY ALERT

TO LOCALLY FLOODED ROADWAYS.



PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN

KEY WEST.

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