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TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM EDT MON SEP 11 2000

...DEPRESSION STRENGTHENS TO TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE... 

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT THIS
AFTERNOON INDICATE THAT TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN HAS STRENGTHENED AND
IS NOW A TROPICAL STORM...

AT 2 PM EDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  72.6 WEST
OR ABOUT 385 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS...AND 490
MILES...785 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
 
FLORENCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST SOUTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH
... 9 KM/HR.  MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BE SLOW AND ERRATIC FOR THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB...29.47 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 2 PM EDT POSITION...30.3 N... 72.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST SOUTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...998 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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