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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL

1100 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2001



...AN URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 

KEYS UNTIL 115 AM...



BANDS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE 

ACROSS MOST OF THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS OVERNIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

WILL REACH OVER 1 INCH RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOURS TIME...RESULTING 

IN CONSIDERABLE STANDING WATER ON SECONDARY AND TERTIARY 

ROADS...POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND OTHER LOW-LYING LOCATIONS.



MOTORISTS SHOULD REMEMBER TO NEVER DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN 

DEPTH...AS YOUR VEHICLE COULD EASILY HYDROPLANE OR STALL. 



HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED IN THE UPPER KEYS OVERNIGHT...SO PEOPLE IN 

THOSE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ON THE ALERT.



PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY 

WEST.



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