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POST TROPICAL CYCLONE REPORT...HURRICANE LAURA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1200 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 2020


NOTE: THE DATA SHOWN HERE ARE PRELIMINARY....AND SUBJECT TO UPDATES
AND CORRECTIONS AS APPROPRIATE.

THIS REPORT INCLUDES EVENTS OCCURRING WHEN WATCHES AND/OR WARNINGS
WERE IN EFFECT...OR WHEN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ASSOCIATED WITH IRMA
OR ITS REMNANTS WAS AFFECTING THE AREA.

COUNTIES INCLUDED...MONROE


A. LOWEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE/MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS AND PEAK GUSTS
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METAR OBSERVATIONS...
NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IS 10 METERS AND WIND AVERAGING IS 2 MINUTES
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LOCATION  ID    MIN    DATE/     MAX      DATE/     PEAK    DATE/
LAT  LON        PRES   TIME      SUST     TIME      GUST    TIME
DEG DECIMAL     (MB)   (UTC)     (KT)     (UTC)     (KT)    (UTC)
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KEYW-KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
24.56 -81.76   1009.9 24/2053   130/034  24/1914   140/041 24/1914

KNQX-NAVAL AIR STATION KEY WEST BOCA CHICA FIELD
24.58 -81.68   1009.5 24/2053   130/031  24/2344   120/041 24/1936

KMTH-FLORIDA KEYS MARATHON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
24.73 -81.05   1010.4 24/0853   110/025  24/1034   110/036 24/1034


NON-METAR OBSERVATIONS...
NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IN METERS AND WIND AVERAGING PERIOD IN
MINUTES INDICATED UNDER MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND IF KNOWN
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LOCATION  ID    MIN    DATE/     MAX      DATE/     PEAK    DATE/
LAT  LON        PRES   TIME      SUST     TIME      GUST    TIME
DEG DECIMAL     (MB)   (UTC)     (KT)     (UTC)     (KT)    (UTC)
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KYWF1 - KEY WEST NOAA/NOS TIDE GAUGE
25.55 -81.88   1009.8 24/2142   130/026  24/2118   140/038 24/1924

VCAF1 - VACA KEY NOAA/NOS TIDE GAUGE
24.71 -81.11   1010.6 24/0906   110/019  24/1942   120/039 24/1418

XSMS - WEATHERFLOW U.S. COAST GUARD SECTOR KEY WEST
24.57 -81.80   1007.3 24/2138   116/027  24/1443   131/048 24/1913

XKEY - WEATHERFLOW MARATHON-CRAWL KEY
24.74 -80.98   1009.4 24/0916   111/031  24/1026   122/042 24/1031
ANEMOMETER HEIGHT 13.4 M (44 FT AMSL)

XTVS - TAVERNIER FKEC SUBSTATION
25.01 -80.52   1010.8 24/0913   134/019  24/1128   134/038 24/1128
ANEMOMETER HEIGHT 12.1 M (40 FT AMSL)

KKEY - NWS WFO KEY WEST (ROOFTOP RSOIS)
24.55 -81.79                                       120/060 24/1911

KEYS ENERGY SERVICES JAMES STREET SERVICE BUILDING
24.56 -81.80                                       120/049 24/1916

KEYS ENERGY SERVICES STOCK ISLAND T AND D BUILDING
24.56 -81.73                                       150/038 24/1912

KEYS ENERGY SERVICES BIG COPPITT KEY SUBSTATION
24.60 -81.65                                       140/040 24/1912

FW5749 - LOWER SUGARLOAF KEY
24.64 -81.54                    109/019  24/1931   113/037 24/1421

CW0925 - CUDJOE KEY
24.65 -81.48                    109/022  24/2203   137/034 24/1423

DW8495 - RAMROD KEY
24.65 -81.41                    MMM/024  24/1440   MMM/037 24/1440

KEYS ENERGY SERVICES BIG PINE KEY SUBSTATION
24.67 -81.35                                       120/037 24/1926

ISLAMORADA - UPPER MATECUMBE KEY
24.93 -80.63                    113/030  24/1553   110/035 24/2103

KEY LARGO YACHT CLUB TEMPEST
25.08 -80.44                    108/031  24/1153   108/036 24/1153

F1030 - OCEAN REEF TEMPEST
25.33 -80.26                    137/021  24/1141   137/034 24/1141


B. MARINE OBSERVATIONS...
NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IN METERS AND WIND AVERAGING PERIOD IN
MINUTES INDICATED UNDER MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND IF KNOWN
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LOCATION  ID    MIN    DATE/     MAX      DATE/     PEAK    DATE/
LAT  LON        PRES   TIME      SUST     TIME      GUST    TIME
DEG DECIMAL     (MB)   (UTC)     (KT)     (UTC)     (KT)    (UTC)
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SANF1 - SAND KEY LIGHT
24.56 -81.88   1010.0 24/2100   120/045  24/1942   110/050 24/1920
SUSTAINED IS A 1-MINUTE AVERAGE
ANEMOMETER HEIGHT 15.6 M (51 FT AMSL)

XSMS - WEATHERFLOW SMITH SHOAL LIGHT
24.72 -81.92   1006.5 24/2050   140/041  24/1935   140/054 24/1935
ANEMOMETER HEIGHT 19.2 M (63 FT AMSL)

XALG - WEATHERFLOW ALLIGATOR REEF LIGHT
24.85 -80.62   1009.1 24/1426   104/031  24/1126   094/042 24/1121
ANEMOMETER HEIGHT 7.5 M (25 FT AMSL)

XCFL - WEATHERFLOW CARYSFORT REEF LIGHT
25.23 -80.21   1011.2 24/2147   124/033  24/1742   136/042 24/1422
ANEMOMETER HEIGHT 14.5 M (48 FT AMSL)

 

C. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL 1200 UTC AUG 23 2020 TO 1200 UTC AUG 24 2020
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CITY/TOWN                    COUNTY               ID         RAINFALL
LAT LON                                                       (IN)
DEG DECIMAL
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REMARKS: ALL RAINFALL STATIONS RECEIVED LESS THAN 1.00 INCH OVER THE
TWO-DAY PERIOD ENDING 1200 25 AUG 2020.


D. INLAND FLOODING...
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MONROE FLORIDA KEYS...NONE.

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E. MAXIMUM STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
OFFICIAL TIDE GAUGES NOTED WITH LEADING G
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COUNTY           CITY/TOWN        SURGE   TIDE   DATE/   BEACH
                 OR LOCATION      (FT)    (FT)   TIME    EROSION
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MONROE           G KYWF1-KEY WEST  0.60   0.88  25/0712   MINOR
MONROE           G KYWF1-KEY WEST  0.88  -0.28  25/0048

REMARKS: VERTICAL DATUM PROVIDED IS NAVD88. MAXIMUM POSITIVE
RESIDUAL OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER THE HIGH-LOW TIDE.


F. TORNADOES...
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(DIST)CITY/TOWN              COUNTY           DATE/         EF SCALE
LAT LON (DEG DECIMAL                          TIME(UTC)    (IF KNOWN)
DESCRIPTION
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NONE REPORTED.


G. STORM IMPACTS BY COUNTY...
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COUNTY            DEATHS           INJURIES             EVACUATIONS
DESCRIPTION
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MONROE              0                 0                   NONE

MONROE LOWER KEYS - MOST LOCALIZED WIND DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE
IMPACTS FROM A SINGLE OUTER SQUALL CONTAINING WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 60
KNOTS PASSING THROUGH THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS SHORTLY AFTER 1900 UTC
24 AUG 2020. JUST OVER 1350 CUSTOMERS LOST POWER IN KEY WEST AFTER
TWO DISTRIBUTION FEEDER CIRCUITS OPENED FROM TREE LIMBS CONTACTING
POWER LINES. ADDITIONAL SMALL POWER OUTAGES OCCURRED ELSEWHERE IN
THE LOWER KEYS. ONE LARGE UMBRELLA TREE WAS DOWNED AT THE WFO KEY
WEST WITH SEVERAL TREE LIMBS, SOME LARGE, DOWNED IN THE CITY. WAVE
OVERWASH OCCURRED NEAR THE HIGH TIDES THE AFTERNOON OF 24 AUG AND
EARLY MORNING HOURS 25 AUG 2020. MINOR BEACH EROSION OCCURRED.

MONROE LOWER KEYS - MINOR BEACH EROSION IN MARATHON WITH A COUPLE
TREES DOWNED.

MONROE UPPER KEYS - A MINOR POWER OUTAGE AFFECTING JUST OVER 75
CUSTOMERS OCCURRED ON PLANTATION KEY THE MORNING OF 24 AUG 2020,
OTHERWISE NO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE REPORTED.

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