COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL

1014 PM EDT MON SEP 6 2010



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MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-

1014 PM EDT MON SEP 6 2010



...MINOR STREET FLOODING EXPECTED FROM PERIGEAN SPRING TIDES...



A LUNAR PERIGEE...WHICH OCCURS ON WEDNESDAY...IS RESULTING IN TIDE

LEVELS HIGHER THAN NORMALLY SEEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS. MINOR TIDAL

OVERFLOW WILL OCCUR AT SOME LOCATIONS IN THE KEYS DURING THE TIME

OF  HIGH TIDE ON TUESDAY MORNING. WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK

AT JUST BELOW 3 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER FOR AN HOUR OR SO ON

EITHER SIDE OF THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE...CAUSING MINOR STREET

FLOODING  IN LOW LYING AREAS. HOWEVER...NO ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE.



AT KEY WEST HARBOR...HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 936 AM.



AT VACA CUT...HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 825 AM.



AT WHALE HARBOR CHANNEL...HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR AT 826 AM.



PLEASE REPORT COASTAL FLOODING TO YOUR FLORIDA KEYS NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. DIAL 305-295-1316 EXTENSION 3.



THESE ABOVE NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH AT

LEAST WEDNESDAY AS SPRING TIDES PEAK DURING THE NEW MOON PHASE.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.





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NELSON


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