091  
WFUS52 KKEY 221911  
TORKEY  
FLC087-221945-  
/O.NEW.KKEY.TO.W.0003.240322T1911Z-240322T1945Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
TORNADO WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL  
311 PM EDT FRI MAR 22 2024  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A  
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
UPPER KEYS IN MONROE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...  
 
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 311 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO  
WAS LOCATED OVER TEATABLE KEY, OR 8 MILES EAST OF EAST END OF  
CHANNEL 5 BRIDGE, MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...TORNADO.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.  
 
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT  
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.  
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE  
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.  
 
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...  
PLANTATION, UPPER MATECUMBE KEY, AND WINDLEY KEY AROUND 315 PM  
EDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE  
ISLAMORADA.  
 
THIS INCLUDES US 1 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 78 AND 92.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A MOBILE  
HOME, OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND  
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 2491 8058 2487 8065 2488 8070 2494 8070  
2494 8066 2503 8055 2501 8050  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 201DEG 25KT 2488 8065  
 
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
 

 
 
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