Flood Advisory
NWS Key West FL ยท US
Details
Flood Advisory In Effect Until 845 PM EDT This Evening
- Event
- Flood Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
Where
Lower Keys in Monroe in Florida, especially Little Torch Key and Big Pine Key...
When
Until 845 PM EDT.
Impacts
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Additional details
- At 638 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 1.5 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. - Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are expected over the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Spanish Harbor Channel Bridge, Big Pine Key, Little Torch Key, Middle Torch Key and No Name Key. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Affected areas
- Monroe County, FL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Key West FL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~28s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2VASE63PVDW6SXX9NV6FY53
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5a9e91f37b1a6f4961ec7dff5448852a22989eb2.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Key West FL
- AWIPS ID
- CAPKEY
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.7798
- WMO heading
- XOUS52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | FAY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSKEY |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS82 KKEY 182239 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KKEY.FA.Y.0010.260918T2239Z-260919T0045Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-18T20:45:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Monroe County, FL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 012087 |
| UGC | FLC087 |
- Polygons
- 24.69,-81.41 24.7,-81.33 24.64,-81.31 24.64,-81.4 24.69,-81.41