From the National Weather Service:
Good afternoon,
A multi-hazard weather event is expected to impact the Florida Keys later this week, and possibly into early next week. To summarize:
Gale and Flood Watches are likely to be issued later today.
Bottom Line:
A multi-hazard weather event is expected to develop across the eastern Gulf of Mexico and Florida region. Due the extended duration of potential impacts and varying degrees of confidence, this brief will be segmented into:
- A relatively high confidence for strong northeast to east winds combined with heavy, potentially flooding rainfall developing Thursday and continuing beyond Friday night. Localized coastal flooding is possible Thursday night and Friday in the Card Sound/Barnes Sound area.
- A continuing moderate confidence for heavy rainfall and flooding potential, and a lower confidence for severe thunderstorm wind gust and tornado potential sometime in the range from Friday night through Saturday night.
- A low confidence potential for coastal flooding Gulfside and Bayside due to increasing westerly winds developing Sunday and continuing into Monday evening.
Please view the attached briefing for additional details on potential impacts and timing. The next briefing is scheduled for issuance by 11 am Wednesday morning. Please monitor these additional briefings as we move toward later in the week as the level of impact may change.
Please click below for the complete Weather Brief