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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
1000 PM EDT WED OCT 22 2008
...WET OCTOBER DAY FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...
...RECORD-BREAKING RAINFALL RECEIVED IN KEY WEST...
A VERY WET DAY WAS SEEN ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY...WITH THE 
WETTEST LOCATIONS BEING IN THE EXTREME LOWER KEYS. RAINFALL REPORTS 
THROUGHOUT THE KEYS DEPICT A STEEP DROP-OFF FROM A PEAK OF 7.18 
INCHES AT THE KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO A LOW OF 0.18 INCHES 
IN ISLAMORADA...AS OF 900 PM EDT.
THE RAINFALL AT KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...SET A NEW RECORD 
FOR DAILY RAINFALL...ONE THAT HAD BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 1898. THE 7.18 
INCHES REPORTED AT THE AIRPORT MORE THAN DOUBLES THE 110-YEAR-OLD 
RECORD OF 2.54 INCHES.
PRELIMINARY RAINFALL DATA FOR TODAY IS LISTED BELOW...IN INCHES...
TOTALS ARE FROM 12 AM TO 9 PM EDT...UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED...
KEY WEST FORECAST OFFICE (12 AM TO 8 PM)   6.97
KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT             7.18
BIG COPPITT KEY (7 AM TO 5 PM)             1.93
CUDJOE KEY                                 3.68
BIG PINE KEY                               1.34
MARATHON AIRPORT                           0.72
ISLAMORADA                                 0.18
RAINFALL ESTIMATES BASED ON RADAR DATA INDICATE THAT LOWER AND UPPER 
SUGARLOAF AND RAMROD KEYS ALSO RECEIVED AN IMPRESSIVE AMOUNT OF 
RAINFALL TODAY. ESTIMATES SHOW THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THESE KEYS 
RECEIVED BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL.
OVERALL...IT HAS BEEN A WET DAY FOR THE KEYS...WITH RAIN AND SHOWERS 
STILL LINGERING AROUND THE LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS...AND A SIMILAR 
PATTERN FORECAST TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
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ROSS