000 ACUS72 KEYW 011607 AAA PSHEYW POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE REPORT...HURRICANE WILMA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 1105 AM EDT TUE NOV 1 2005 UPDATED TO INCLUDE NEW STORM TIDE INFORMATION FOR LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS A. HIGHEST WINDS... NWS AND MILITARY SITES... KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ASOS 2-MINUTE 62 KNOTS FROM 150 DEGREES 0616 UTC OCT 24 2005 PEAK GUST 72 KNOTS FROM 150 DEGREES 0616 UTC OCT 24 2005 NOTE...STATION FAILED WELL BEFORE MAXIMUM WINDS KEY WEST NOS TIDE GAUGE - KEY WEST HARBOR 2-MINUTE 51 KNOTS FROM 210 DEGREES 0836 UTC OCT 24 2005 PEAK GUST 74 KNOTS FROM 210 DEGREES 0836 UTC OCT 24 2005 KEY WEST NAVAL AIR STATION AND MARATHON AIRPORT ASOSES BOTH FAILED WELL BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS. NDBC AND USF COMPS AUTOMATED SITES... SOMBRERO KEY LIGHT C-MAN STATION...ANEMOMETER HEIGHT 159 FEET AMSL 10-MINUTE 76 KNOTS FROM 194 DEGREES 0920 UTC OCT 24 2005 AND FROM 199 DEGREES 0940 UTC OCT 24 2005 PEAK GUST 91 KNOTS FROM 200 DEGREES 0922 UTC OCT 24 2005 LONG KEY C-MAN STATION...ANEMOMETER HEIGHT 23 FEET AMSL 10-MINUTE 57 KNOTS FROM 190 DEGREES TO 210 DEGREES SEVERAL TIMES BETWEEN 0930 UTC AND 1120 UTC OCT 24 2005 PEAK GUST 76 KNOTS FROM 190 DEGREES 0927 UTC OCT 24 2005 MOLASSES REEF C-MAN STATION...ANEMOMETER HEIGHT 52 FEET AMSL 2-MINUTE 65 KNOTS FROM UNKNOWN DIRECTION 1200 UTC OCT 24 2005 PEAK GUST 79 KNOTS FROM UNKNOWN DIRECTION 1300 UTC OCT 24 2005 NOTE...DIRECTION AND 10-MINUTE AVERAGE REPORTING NOT AVAILABLE. HIGHER WINDS MAY HAVE OCCURRED BETWEEN HOURLY OBSERVATIONS. ADDITIONAL MEASURED REPORTS DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK - FORT JEFFERSON PEAK GUST 116 KNOTS AT 0515 UTC OCT 24 2005 REPORTED BY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PERSONNEL CUDJOE KEY PEAK GUST 107 KNOTS AT 0913 UTC OCT 24 2005 REPORTED BY SPOTTER WITH INSTRUMENTATION DUCK KEY PEAK GUST 75 KNOTS AT UNKNOWN TIME OCT 24 2005 REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE OBSERVER AND EMERGENCY MANAGER ISLAMORADA FIRE RESCUE STATION PEAK GUST 94 KNOTS AT 0926 UTC OCT 24 2005 B. LOWEST PRESSURE... LOWEST PRESSURE KEY WEST HARBOR NOS TIDE GAUGE - 977.2 MB AT 0818 UTC OCT 24 2005 LOWEST PRESSURE VACA KEY NOS TIDE GAUGE - 983.0 MB AT 0924 UTC OCT 24 2005 LOWEST PRESSURE SOMBRERO KEY LIGHT C-MAN - 983.4 MB AT 1000 UTC OCT 24 2005 LOWEST PRESSURE LONG KEY C-MAN - 982.2 MB AT 1100 UTC OCT 24 2005 LOWEST PRESSURE MOLASSES REEF C-MAN - 982.3 MB AT 1200 UTC OCT 24 2005 C. RAINFALL... KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT STORM TOTAL 2.02 IN. OCT 23-24 2005 DUCK KEY STORM TOTAL 2.39 IN. OCT 23-24 2005 JOHN PENNEKAMP STATE PARK - KEY LARGO FL STORM TOTAL 1.50 IN. OCT 23-25 2005 D. STORM TIDES... AMSL - ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL KEY WEST HARBOR NOAA/NOS GAUGE 3.2 FEET AMSL AT 0842 UTC OCT 24 2005 2.5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL NOTE - NORTHWEST SHORE OF KEY WEST IN HARBOR DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL APPROXIMATELY 2.5 FEET VACA KEY NOAA/NOS GAUGE - BAYSIDE 5.7 FEET AMSL AT 1536 UTC OCT 24 2005 6.0 FEET ABOVE NORMAL LONG KEY C-MAN - FLORIDA BAY 4.5 FEET AMSL AT 1700 UTC OCT 24 2005 4.0 FEET ABOVE NORMAL SOMBRERO KEY LIGHT C-MAN - ATLANTIC SIDE ALONG REEF 2.1 FEET AMSL AT 0700 UTC AND 0900 UTC OCT 24 2005 1.5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL BOTH AN ATLANTIC AND A GULF/BAY SURGE OCCURRED WITH THE PASSAGE OF HURRICANE WILMA. ALL DATES OCT 24 2005 ATLANTIC (SOUTH SHORE) STORM TIDE KEY WEST...ESTIMATED 5 TO 6 FEET AMSL AROUND 0800 UTC FLOODING 2 TO 3 FEET DEEP IN PARKING LOTS ON SOUTHEAST SIDE OF KEY WEST. AIRPORT TERMINAL FLOODED 6 INCHES. FLAGLER AVENUE EAST OF FIRST STREET 1 TO 2 FEET DEEP. INCLUDES FLOODING ON STOCK ISLAND...U.S. 1 FLOODED AT CROSS STREET. SOUTH STOCK ISLAND HOMES FLOODED UP TO 4 FEET. LOWER KEYS...ESTIMATED 4 TO 5 FEET AMSL. MARATHON...ESTIMATED 3 FEET AMSL. FLOODED STREETS AND UNDER HOMES BUT DID NOT REACH U.S. 1. UPPER KEYS...ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 FEET AMSL. GULF AND BAYSIDE STORM TIDE...UPDATED KEY WEST...ESTIMATED 6.5 FEET AMSL AROUND 1400-1600 UTC. INUNDATION ORIGINATED ALONG OLD TOWN WATERFRONT... GARRISON BIGHT AND NORTH ROOSEVELT BOULEVARD. FLOODING CROSSED ISLAND FROM NORTH TO SOUTH MEETING ATLANTIC OCEAN AT WEST END OF SOUTH ROOSEVELT BOULEVARD. 60 PERCENT OF KEY WEST INUNDATED ACCORDING TO CITY OF KEY WEST. MAJOR FLOODING OF STOCK ISLAND WITH WATER UP TO 3 FEET DEEP IN KEY WEST GULF CLUB STREETS. CITY ESTIMATES UP TO 35 PERCENT OF MUNICIPAL VEHICLES FLOODED. LOWER KEYS...UPDATED NORTH SHORES OF ISLANDS FROM BOCA CHICA KEY THROUGH BIG PINE KEY ESTIMATED 5 TO 8 FEET AMSL. NUMEROUS HOMES FLOODED AND VEHICLES LOST. U.S. 1 IN SADDLEBUNCH KEYS FLOODED. MARATHON...UPDATED ESTIMATED 7 TO 9.5 FEET AMSL. U.S. 1 FLOODED IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS...BUSINESSES... HOMES AND MARATHON AIRPORT FLOODED. U.S.1 AND NUMEROUS HOMES AND BUSINESSES FLOODED IN GRASSY KEY. ESTIMATED TIME 1600 TO 1800 UTC. UPPER KEYS...ESTIMATED 5 FEET AMSL IN ISLAMORADA WITH MOST BAYFRONT HOMES FLOODED. ESTIMATED 4.5 FEET AMSL AT U.S. 1 NEAR JEWFISH CREEK AND ALSO IN MILE MARKER 110. U.S. 1 FLOODED WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER. PEAK STORM TIDE OCCURRED MID AFTERNOON MONDAY NEAR 2000 UTC. E. BEACH EROSION... SEVERE BEACH EROSION ALONG ATLANTIC SHORE OF MONROE COUNTY...STATE PARK ASSESSMENTS ONGOING AND WILL BE AMENDED FOR GREATER DETAIL. MOST OCEANSIDE BEACHES WERE COMPLETELY COVERED NEAR TIME OF MAXIMUM STORM TIDE. WAVES ESTIMATED NEAR 6 FEET ALONG UPPER KEYS. ALSO SEVERE EROSION NOTED ON GULF-SIDE BEACHES IN KEY WEST AS WELL. F. FLOODING... NO SIGNIFICANT RAINWATER FLOODING IN LOWER AND MIDDLE KEYS. RAINFALL GENERALLY 2 TO 2.5 INCHES. G. TORNADOES... 1 UNCONFIRMED TORNADO IN INDIAN WATERWAYS SUBDIVISION ALONG BAYSIDE IN ISLAMORADA. DAMAGE MORE CONCENTRATED THROUGH SUBDIVISION...NO INJURIES REPORTED. H. STORM EFFECTS... FATALITIES...NONE REPORTED IN DIRECT RELATION TO STORM. ONE FATALITY DURING EVACUATION OF SPECIAL NEEDS PATIENT TO MAINLAND. INJURIES...NO MAJOR INJURIES REPORTED TO NWS. DAMAGES...PRELIMINARY A MORE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION WILL BE PROVIDED AS AN AMENDMENT PENDING FINAL MONROE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL ASSESSMENTS. WIND DAMAGE...SCATTERED TREES DOWNED WITH NUMEROUS LARGE BRANCHES DOWN COUNTY-WIDE. GENERAL DAMAGE TO SHINGLES...LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIAL ROOFING AND CARPOTS. DAMAGE ALSO TO VINYL MEMBRANE ROOFING AND FOAM-BOARD ROOF COVERINGS. MOST RESIDENTIAL METAL ROOFING OR NEWLY INSTALLED ARCHITECTURAL SHINGLES WILL LITTLE OR NO DAMAGE. EXTENSIVE POWER OUTAGES TO DISTRIBUTION CIRCUITS AND SECONDARY LINES...TRANSMISSION LINES REMAINED INTACT THROUGHOUT MIDDLE AND UPPER KEYS. TEMPORARY OUTAGE FROM STORM CAUSED COMPLETE POWER FAILURE FOR ALL LOWER KEYS AND KEY WEST INCLUDING 28000 ACCOUNTS. KEY WEST NAS REPORTED ROOF DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT HANGER AND TO TECHNOLOGY BUILDING. KEY WEST AIRPORT DIRECTOR REPORTED COLLAPSE OF PREFABRICATED OFFICE BUILDING HOUSING CAPE AIR COMMUTER AIRLINE. METAL SIDING TORN OFF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER. WIDESPREAD LOSS OF CABLE-HUNG TRAFFIC SIGNALS. MOST COMMERCIAL SIGNS OF VARIOUS SIZES KNOCKED DOWN OR BLOWN OUT. ISOLATED DAMAGE TO EXTERIOR WALL COVERINGS. UNKNOWN NUMBER OF MOBILE OR PREFABRICATED HOUSING DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. STORM SURGE DAMAGE...PRIMARY DAMAGE THROUGHOUT KEYS WAS FROM STORM SURGE. NUMEROUS VESSELS BROKE FROM MOORINGS WITH LOSSES IN NUMEROUS MARINAS... INCLUDING KEY WEST NAS MARINA ON BOCA CHICA KEY. NUMEROUS GROUND-FLOOR SLAB OR BLOCK HOMES AND BUSINESSES FLOODED THROUGHOUT THE KEYS. ELEVATED STILTED HOMES WITH FLOODING OF UTILITY ROOMS...DOWNSTAIRS STORAGE ENCLOSURES AND SHEDS. PROPANE TANK FOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTER GENERATOR ON SUGARLOAF KEY POSSIBLY BLOWN OFF SUPPORTS OR SUPPORTS COLLAPSED IN SURGE...AND FLOATED AWAY. SEVERAL MEDIUM TO LARGE BOATS WASHED ASHORE ALONG SADDLEBUNCH KEYS. SOME COMPLETE LOSSES TO HOMES AND BUSINESSES LIKELY POSSIBLE TORNADO AT ISLAMORADA WITH CONCENTRATED AREA OF DAMAGE TO PORCHES...STRUCTURAL OVERHANGS ON HOMES AND TREES. FURTHER DETAILS WILL BE PROVIDED IN AN UPDATE WHEN COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL ASSESSMENTS ARE COMPLETE...AND NUMBER OF UNINHABITABLE OR DAMAGED DWELLINGS ARE TOTALED. $$ RIZZO