Moderate to Major Coastal Flooding Will Repeat, Especially at the High Tide Overnight into Early Saturday Morning. Minor to moderate coastal flooding is likely to persist through next week
- Coastal Flood Warnings remain in effect for all of the Florida Keys of Monroe County
- Continuation of periodic major saltwater flooding of low elevation streets, parking lots, yards, and the overtopping of docks will likely be observed again the next few tide cycles. Streets where king tide flooding is normally observed each autumn are likely to become impassable to smaller vehicles for several hours around the published times of high tide. Low elevation residences and businesses where access and parking are frequently impacted by annual king tide flooding could experience water intrusion.
- For the Upper Florida Keys Florida Bayside, moderate to major. Peak tide levels are only expected to fall a couple inches each day beginning this weekend. Even so, minor to moderate flooding is likely to continue throughout next week.
- For the Middle and Lower Florida Keys, plan for water levels late this evening through the predawn hours Saturday continue a slow decrease, about an inch or two below levels observed late Thursday evening and early this morning.
While peak overnight high tides will begin to lower at least 1 or 2 inches each late night/predawn hours each night, the afternoon second published/predicted high tide will gradually rise as we work toward the quarter moon phase. This will likely continue the mid-to-late afternoon flooding observed in the Lower and Middle Keys repeating through the weekend.
- Threat of locally heavy downpours with showers and a chance of thunderstorms, especially Sunday and Sunday night. The combination of the high king tides with any downpours, especially late Sunday night into early Monday morning, could combine to produce local areas of higher flood impacts.
For additional information on Coastal (Saltwater) Flooding in the Florida Keys, please view Coastal Flooding & the Florida Keys webpage: