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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
401 PM EDT FRI OCT 17 2008
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MONROE UPPER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE LOWER KEYS-
401 PM EDT FRI OCT 17 2008
...MINOR STREET FLOODING AT LOWEST ELEVATIONS EXPECTED AT HIGHER
HIGH TIDE TONIGHT...
THE COINCIDENCE OF A RECENT FULL MOON...WITH A LUNAR PERIGEE...WHEN
THE MOON IS CLOSEST TO EARTH...HAS CONTRIBUTED TO TIDE LEVELS HIGHER
THAN NORMALLY SEEN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS. MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW WILL
OCCUR AT SOME LOCATIONS IN THE KEYS NEAR THE TIMES OF HIGHER HIGH
TIDE LATE THIS EVENING AND POSSIBLY ONCE AGAIN LATE SATURDAY
EVENING...WITH WATER LEVELS NEAR 3 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER
VALUES. THESE LEVELS SHOULD BE SEEN FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS ON EITHER
SIDE OF THE TIME OF HIGHER HIGH TIDE. TIDE LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO
PEAK CLOSE TO LEVELS SEEN THURSDAY EVENING.
AT KEY WEST HARBOR...THE HIGHER HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AT 
1157 PM EDT.
AT VACA CUT...THE HIGHER HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AT 1046 PM 
EDT.
AT WHALE HARBOR CHANNEL...THE HIGHER HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR TONIGHT 
AT 1133 PM EDT.
IN ADDITION...MAXIMUM TIDAL CURRENT SPEED WILL EXCEED 3 KNOTS IN
SOME CHANNELS BETWEEN TIMES OF HIGH AND LOW TIDE. A FEW OF THE
CHANNELS WITH THE HIGHEST CURRENT SPEED INCLUDE MOSER CHANNEL...BAHIA
HONDA CHANNEL...AND THE KEY WEST SHIPPING CHANNEL NEAR FORT ZACHARY
TAYLOR STATE PARK.
PLEASE REPORT COASTAL FLOODING TO YOUR FLORIDA KEYS NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE. DIAL 305-295-1316 EXTENSION 3.
ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED CONCERNING THESE ABOVE
NORMAL TIDES.
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JACOBSON