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TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST FRI SEP 15 2000
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF BERMUDA HAS ISSUED A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR BERMUDA.
 
AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  72.2 WEST OR ABOUT 500
MILES...805 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
 
FLORENCE IS DRIFTING SLOWLY TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST...2 MPH...3
KPH...BUT A TRACK TOWARD THE NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES ...165 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  995 MB...29.38 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...29.0 N... 72.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST SOUTHEAST NEAR 2 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 995 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 8 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM
AST.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
  
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