900 FPUS72 KEYW 061352 NOWEYW SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL 951 AM EDT FRI SEP 6 2002 FLZ076>078-GMZ031>033-052>054-072>075-061500- MONROE LOWER KEYS-MONROE MIDDLE KEYS-MONROE UPPER KEYS- WEST END OF 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST OUT 20 NM- CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF 7 MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY OUT 20 NM- WEST END OF 7 MILE BRIDGE TO KEY WEST 20 TO 60 NM OUT- CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF 7 MILE BRIDGE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT- KEY WEST TO 20 NM WEST OF DRY TORTUGAS- GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM-FLORIDA BAY- EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT- 951 AM EDT FRI SEP 6 2002 .NOW... THROUGH 1100 AM...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WATERS 40 TO 60 NM WEST OF CHOKOLOSKEE. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 KNOTS...HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER WATERS BETWEEN THE DRY TORTUGAS AND COSGROVE SHOAL AND SOUTHWARD FROM THERE. A FEW STATIONARY SHOWERS WILL ALSO CONTINUE IN THE STRAITS SOUTH OF THE LOWER KEYS. HIGH TIDE WAS AT 951 AM THIS MORNING AND STANDING WATER LEFT FROM HEAVY RAINS LAST NIGHT WILL NOT DRAIN VERY QUICKLY. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THROUGH STANDING WATER. $$ STRAHAN