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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL

900 AM EDT FRI SEP 14 2001



...A FLOOD WATCH FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR

THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY...



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT THE CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY

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

AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS.



RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE ARE BRING PULLED

NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE KEYS. BECAUSE THESE RAIN AREAS ARE MOVING

VERY FAST...IT IS HELPING TO KEEP THE RAIN FROM PERSISTING VERY

LONG AT ANY ONE LOCATION. HOWEVER...RAIN THAT DOES FALL IS HEAVY

AND THERE WILL BE SEVERAL REPEAT ROUNDS OF RAIN BANDS TODAY.

RADAR AND SATELLITE SHOW THAT SOME OF THESE BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN OVER

CUBA WILL BE HEADED TOWARD THE KEYS.



SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY

WEST IF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED.



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