761  
WUUS52 KKEY 241353  
SVRKEY  
FLC087-241430-  
/O.NEW.KKEY.SV.W.0001.120824T1353Z-120824T1430Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
953 AM EDT FRI AUG 24 2012  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
LOWER KEYS IN MONROE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...  
THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITY OF KEY WEST...  
 
* UNTIL 1030 AM EDT  
 
* AT 948 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A  
CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING  
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM LITTLE  
PALM ISLAND RESORT TO BIG PINE KEY...AND MOVING WEST AT 40 MPH.  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...  
CUDJOE KEY BY 1000 AM EDT...  
UPPER SUGARLOAF KEY AND SUGARLOAF KEY BY 1005 AM EDT...  
BAY POINT BY 1010 AM EDT...  
SHARK KEY AND BIG COPPITT KEY BY 1015 AM EDT...  
BOCA CHICA BY 1020 AM EDT...  
KEY WEST BY 1025 AM EDT...  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY  
WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM  
PASSES.  
 
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST  
AT 3 0 5...2 9 5...1 3 1 6...EXTENSION 3.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 2453 8201 2461 8192 2463 8172 2464 8179  
2465 8178 2466 8176 2462 8163 2466 8170  
2466 8171 2468 8171 2466 8159 2476 8158  
2471 8147 2479 8146 2478 8129 2463 8135  
2466 8150 2455 8168  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1351Z 075DEG 36KT 2458 8138 2464 8141  
2472 8140  
 
 
 
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