ZCZC MIATCPAT2 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM COR BULLETIN HURRICANE GEORGES INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 42A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 8 PM EDT FRI SEP 25 1998 ...CORRECTION FOR ISSUANCE TIME... ...GEORGES MOVING AWAY FROM THE FLORIDA KEYS... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS FROM KEY LARGO SOUTHWARD AND FOR THE FLORIDA WEST COAST FROM LONGBOAT KEY SOUTHWARD. THESE WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED TONIGHT. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA WEST COAST FROM NORTH OF LONGBOAT KEY TO BAYPORT. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COAST FROM MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA TO ST. MARKS FLORIDA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF THIS AREA LATER THIS EVENING IN EXPECTATION OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE HURRICANE REACHING THE AREA TOMORROW NIGHT. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT NORTH OF KEY LARGO TO STEWART UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. A HURRICANE WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR CUBA FROM MATANZAS WESTWARD TO PINAR DEL RIO. AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GEORGES WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.1 WEST OR ABOUT 85 MILES ...135 KM...WEST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA. GEORGES HAS WOBBLED TO THE WEST THE LAST FEW HOURS BUT IS EXPECTED TO RESUME A MOTION TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH LATER TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 105 MPH...165 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM... FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM...MAINLY TO THE EAST. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS 974 MB...28.76 INCHES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE FLORIDA WEST COAST AND THE KEYS. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4 TO 7 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS... ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA...BUT WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE TONIGHT. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE FLORIDA KEYS AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA. REPEATING THE 8 PM EDT POSITION...24.7 N... 83.1 W. MOVEMENT... EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 974 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM EDT. GUINEY NNNN