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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
IDALIA LOCAL WATCH/WARNING STATEMENT/ADVISORY NUMBER 6...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL AL102023
1130 PM EDT SUN AUG 27 2023
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MONROE LOWER KEYS-
1130 PM EDT SUN AUG 27 2023
..TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS TROPICAL STORM-FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE
SOMEWHERE WITHIN THIS AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- KEY WEST
- SUGARLOAF KEY
- BIG PINE KEY
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 10-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD NOW BE
UNDERWAY. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND DAMAGE.
- ACT: ACT NOW TO COMPLETE PREPARATIONS BEFORE THE WIND
BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, BUT WITH GREATER NUMBERS IN PLACES WHERE TREES
ARE SHALLOW ROOTED. SOME FENCES AND ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN
OVER.
- A FEW ROADS IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS, PARTICULARLY WITHIN
URBAN OR HEAVILY WOODED PLACES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- NO STORM SURGE INUNDATION FORECAST
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: LITTLE TO NO STORM
SURGE FLOODING
- PLAN: THERE IS LITTLE TO NO THREAT OF STORM SURGE FLOODING.
ROUGH SURF, COASTAL EROSION, AND LIFE-THREATENING RIP
CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS FOR STORM SURGE FLOODING
ARE NEEDED.
- ACT: FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF LOCAL OFFICIALS. MONITOR
FORECASTS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM STORM SURGE FLOODING.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ADDITIONAL AROUND 1 INCH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
LOCALIZED FLOODING RAIN
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- LOCALIZED RAINFALL FLOODING MAY PROMPT A FEW EVACUATIONS.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER A FEW STRUCTURES, ESPECIALLY IN
USUALLY VULNERABLE SPOTS. A FEW PLACES WHERE RAPID PONDING
OF WATER OCCURS AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SEVERAL STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS
BECOME NEAR-FULL AND BEGIN TO OVERFLOW. SOME BRIEF ROAD AND
BRIDGE CLOSURES.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: TORNADOES NOT EXPECTED
- PLAN: TORNADOES ARE NOT EXPECTED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL OCCUR.
- PREPARE: LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO PROTECT
AGAINST TORNADOES AT THIS TIME. KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST
TORNADO SITUATION.
- ACT: LISTEN FOR CHANGES IN THE FORECAST.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- FAMILY EMERGENCY PLANS: FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
- HTTP://READY.GOV/
- LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND FORECASTS: NOAA/FLORIDA KEYS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/KEY/
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