000 ACUS72 KKEY 122058 PSHKEY POST TROPICAL CYCLONE REPORT...TROPICAL STORM IKE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST - KEY WEST FL 500 PM EDT FRI SEP 12 2008 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 FOR IKE. COUNTIES INCLUDED...MONROE LOWER KEYS...MONROE MIDDLE KEYS...MONROE UPPER KEYS A. LOWEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE/MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS AND PEAK GUSTS --------------------------------------------------------------------- METAR OBSERVATIONS... NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IS 10 METERS AND WIND AVERAGING IS 2 MINUTES --------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/ LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) --------------------------------------------------------------------- KEYW-KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL 24.55 -81.75 1004.4 09/2051 120/045 09/1747 120/052 09/1746 KNQX-BOCA CHICA NAVAL AIR STATION 24.57 -81.69 120/039 09/1736 110/052 09/1838 KMTH-MARATHON AIRPORT 24.73 -81.06 1005.4 09/0836 120/030 09/0906 110/043 09/0301 REMARKS: NON-METAR OBSERVATIONS... NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IN METERS AND WIND AVERAGING PERIOD IN MINUTES INDICATED UNDER MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND IF KNOWN --------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/ LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) --------------------------------------------------------------------- KKEY-NWS KEY WEST 24.55 -81.79 MMM/MMM MM/MMMM 120/057 09/1820 19M CW0925-CUDJOE KEY CWOP 24.65 -81.48 1004.4 09/0931 135/030 09/0311 115/042 09/1941 CW0924-RAMROD KEY FKAA CWOP 24.66 -81.41 1004.3 09/0830 142/032 09/0311 134/043 09/1410 10.7M CW0922-LONG KEY FKAA CWOP 24.84 -80.79 1005.4 09/0830 148/044 09/1040 117/055 09/0331 16.5M TS607-BIG PINE KEY KEY DEER NWR RAWS 24.80 -80.35 MMM/021 09/0338 MMM/038 09/1738 6.1M/ BPIF1-BIG PINE KEY HANDAR 24.71 -81.38 110/027 09/1350 103/036 09/0900 KLNF1-KEY LARGO NORTH HANDAR 25.19 -80.35 110/026 09/1510 115/033 09/1610 USCGG KEY WEST-WEATHERFLOW 24.56 -81.80 104/033 09/1310 104/050 09/1310 5-MIN UPPER MATECUMBE KEY-WEATHERFLOW 24.91 -80.64 145/037 09/1255 139/053 09/0325 5-MIN SOUTH KEY LARGO-WEATHERFLOW 25.10 -80.43 110/027 09/1905 109/039 09/1900 5-MIN REMARKS: B. MARINE OBSERVATIONS... NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IN METERS AND WIND AVERAGING PERIOD IN MINUTES INDICATED UNDER MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND IF KNOWN --------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/ LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) --------------------------------------------------------------------- PLSF1-PULASKI SHOAL LIGHT 24.69 -82.77 1001.1 09/2200 105/051 09/2210 120/065 10/0535 17.7M/10-MIN SANF1-SAND KEY LIGHT 24.46 -81.88 1004.5 09/2000 121/055 09/1610 100/076 10/0028 45.4M/10-MIN SMKF1-SOMBRERO KEY LIGHT 24.63 -81.11 1004.5 09/1000 100/048 09/0310 100/061 09/0827 48.5M/10-MIN LONF1-LONG KEY LIGHT 24.84 -80.86 1006.7 09/0900 106/034 09/0500 130/050 09/1029 7.0M/10-MIN MLRF1-MOLASSES REEF LIGHT 25.01 -80.38 1007.0 09/0900 100/040 09/0700 110/049 09/1056 15.8M/02-MIN VCAF1-VACA KEY NOS 24.71 -81.11 1005.8 09/0836 070/026 09/0142 100/039 09/0300 6.4/06-MIN REMARKS: C. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL FROM 0500 UTC SEP 08 UNTIL 0000 UTC SEP 11 --------------------------------------------------------------------- CITY/TOWN COUNTY ID RAINFALL LAT LON (IN) DEG DECIMAL --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 ESE KEY WEST LOWER KEYS IN MONRO KEYW 2.31 24.55 -81.75 1.5 NE MARATHON MONROE MIDDLE KEYS KMTH 2.47 24.72 -81.06 2.5 NE LONG KEY MONROE UPPER KEYS CWOP0922 2.37 24.84 -80.80 REMARKS: ALL REMAINING REPORTING STATIONS RECORDED LESS THAN 2 INCHES OF STORM TOTAL RAINFALL. SIGNFICANT SALT BURN BEGAN TO SHOW ON SEVERAL TYPES OF TREES SEP 11-12. D. INLAND FLOODING... --------------------------------------------------------------------- NO SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL FLOODING OCCURRED. SOME PONDING OF WATER OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE KEYS ON LOW ELEVATION STREETS DUE TO STORM TIDES BLOCKING STORMWATER DRAINAGE. --------------------------------------------------------------------- E. MAXIMUM STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... OFFICIAL TIDE GAUGES NOTED WITH LEADING G --------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTY CITY/TOWN SURGE TIDE DATE/ BEACH OR LOCATION (FT) (FT) TIME EROSION --------------------------------------------------------------------- LOWER KEYS IN G KEY WEST HARBOR 1.20 2.20 10/1030 MAJOR MONROE MIDDLE G VACA KEY NOS 1.00 1.20 10/1130 MODERATE MONROE MIDDLE G SOMBRERO KEY LI 0.50 1.70 10/1000 UNKNOWN REMARKS: KEY WEST STORM SURGE MAXIMUM AT 1.7 FEET AMSL 09/1700Z HOWEVER STORM TIDE WAS 1.25 FEET AMSL DUE TO LOW ASTRONOMICAL TIDE. STORM TIDE NEAR KEY WEST WHITE STREET PIER WAS APPROXIMATELY 2.75 FEET AMSL MORNING OF SEP 09 AND 2.5 FEET AMSL MORNING OF SEP 10 MEASURED BY HEIGHT OF WATER ABOVE RECORDED STORMWATER DRAIN ELEVATIONS. SCATTERED STREET FLOODING OCCURRED INCLUDING SOUTH STREET WEST OF SIMONTON STREET IN KEY WEST...ATLANTIC BOULEVARD...AND SOUTH ROOSEVELT BOULEVARD. SIGNIFICANT WAVE OVERWASH CONTRIBUTED TO THE COASTAL FLOODING. HIGH TIDES NEAR 2.0 FEET AMSL COMBINED WITH WAVE OVERWASH RESULTED IN BRIEF CLOSURE OF OVERSEAS HIGHWAY AT MILE MARKER 75. F. TORNADOES... --------------------------------------------------------------------- (DIST)CITY/TOWN COUNTY DATE/ EF SCALE LAT LON (DEG DECIMAL TIME(UTC) (IF KNOWN) DESCRIPTION --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 WSW ROUTE 1/CARD SOUND MONROE UPPER KEY 09/1545 EF0 25.16 -80.38 PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF EF0 TORNADO...PATH LENGTH 3/8 MILE AND WIDTH 100 YARDS. AT MILE MARKER 106 IN NORTH KEY LARGO...MINOR DAMAGE TO BUSINESS BROKEN WINDOWS...DOWNED TREES AND DAMAGE TO PORCHES AND HOME UNDER CONSTRUCTION. NO INJURIES. FINAL ASSESSMENT TO BE PROVIDED WEEK OF SEP 15. 1 WSW LOWER MATECUMBE KEY MONROE UPPER KEY 10/0842 EF1 24.85 -80.74 PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF EF1 TORNADO AT SAFETY HARBOR SUBDIVISION OF LOWER MATECUMBE KEY...VILLAGE OF ISLAMORADA. LIKELY LANDFALLING WATERSPOUT HAD PATH LENGTH OF 0.5 MILES...WIDTH UP TO 100 YARDS. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREES AND MANGROVES WITH SEVERAL HOMES WITH DAMAGE TO SIDING...RAILINGS...WINDOWS AND SOFFITS. ONE HOME LOST WOOD ROOF DECKING. AIRBORNE VEGETATIVE DEBRIS AND POSSIBLE METAL STRIP FROM DAMAGED HOME MAY HAVE CAUSED MAJOR POWER OUTAGE ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND LOWER KEYS WHEN DEBRIS WAS CARRIED THROUGH A 138-KV TRANSMISSION LINE. NO INJURIES. FINAL ASSESSMENT ON INTENSITY TO BE PROVIDED IN UPDATE THE WEEK OF SEP 15. NO INJURIES. G. STORM IMPACTS BY COUNTY... --------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTY DEATHS INJURIES EVACUATIONS DESCRIPTION --------------------------------------------------------------------- PRELIMINARY IMPACTS...DETAILED SUMMARY TO FOLLOW WEEK OF SEP 15. MONROE COUNTY 0 0 YES MANDATORY FOR VISITORS BEGINNING 06/1300Z. ESTIMATED 15K NONRESIDENTS AND VISITORS PER PRE-EVACUATION LODGING RESERVATIONS. MANDATORY FOR RESIDENTS BEGINNING WITH LOWER KEYS AT 07/1200Z. ESTIMATES ARE PENDING BUT OVERALL PARTICIPATION WAS LOW PER TRAFFIC COUNTERS AND ABSENCE OF TRAFFIC DELAYS THROUGH FLORIDA CITY. 285 PERSONS WERE SHELTERED AT COUNTY SHELTER AT FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY...65 SPECIAL NEEDS...AND 16 MEDICALLY MANAGED BY THE COUNTY. PRIVATE HOSPITALS REPORTED ADDITIONAL PATIENTS FLOWN BY C-130 TRANSPORT TO STATESBORO GEORGIA AND BY THREE CONTRACT MED-EVAC HELICOPTERS TO NORTH BROWARD COUNTY FLORIDA SEP 06 THROUGH SEP 07. WIND IMPACTS CONFINED MOSTLY TO BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. UTILITY CREWS WERE PULLED FROM DUTY IN THE LOWER KEYS DURING THE NIGHT OF SEP 09/10 DUE TO DARKNESS AND UNFAVORABLE WINDS. STORM TIDE IMPACTS RESULTED IN A FEW STREET CLOSURES IN KEY WEST AND AT HIGHLY EXPOSED MILE MARKER 75 OF THE OVERSEAS HIGHWAY. DURING THE MORNING OF SEP 09. OVERWASH WAS THE PRIMARY MECHANISM AS CLOSURES WERE DUE TO AQUATIC DEBRIS DEPOSITED ON ROAD SURFACES. MOST STREET INUNDATION WAS 6 INCHES OR LESS OUTSIDE OF THE WAVE ACTION. TWO TORNADOS CONFIRMED IN THE UPPER KEYS...WITH EF RATINGS PRELIMINARY AT THIS TIME. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED WITH EITHER TORNADO. OVERALL DAMAGE WAS LIGHT WITH NO TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGE...RESIDENT EVACUEES ADVISED TO RETURN BEGINNING 10/1600Z AND NONRESIDENTS/TOURISTS BEGINNING SEP 11. $$ LEGEND: I-INCOMPLETE DATA E-ESTIMATED RIZZO