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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
550 AM EST WED NOV 25 2009

FLZ076>078-GMZ031>033-052>054-072>075-261100-
MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-
FLORIDA BAY-GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM-
GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM-
CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM-
WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM-
OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
CRAIG KEY TO THE WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
WEST END OF THE 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS OUT 60 NM-
550 AM EST WED NOV 25 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS AND
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP JUST EAST OF THE CENTRAL FLORIDA
TONIGHT AND INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTHEASTWARD...PULLING A COLD
FRONT THROUGH OUR REGION THURSDAY. AHEAD OF THE COLD
FRONT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE FLORIDA KEYS AND THE
ADJACENT WATERS TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
COULD BE STRONG.

THE PRIMARY THUNDERSTORM HAZARDS WILL BE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO
LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH IN THE STRONGER
STORMS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

IN ADDITION...WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL HAS IMPACTED A GOOD PORTION
OF THE LOWER KEYS...RESULTING IN A FLOOD ADVISORY IN THE LOWER KEYS
EARLY THIS MORNING. SOME HEAVY RAINFALL MAY IMPACT THE MIDDLE AND
UPPER KEYS TODAY.

IF YOU ENCOUNTER HEAVY RAINFALL...MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE
CAUTION AND SLOW DOWN. REMEMBER NEVER TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF
UNKNOWN DEPTH.

FURTHERMORE...MARINERS SHOULD BE COGNIZANT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
WATERSPOUTS ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. REMEMBER WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN SMALL VESSELS. IS YOU SIGHT A WATERSPOUT...DETERMINE THE
DIRECTION ITS MOVING AND MOVE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

IN WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD
OUR ENTIRE REGION BY LATE THURSDAY...BEFORE FRESH TO STRONG WINDS
PREDOMINATE ON KEYS WATER LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
SUBSEQUENTLY...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS LIKELY FOR ALL KEYS WATERS.
THEREAFTER...WINDS SHOULD DECREASE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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