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HURRICANE FLORENCE ADVISORY NUMBER  20
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST FRI SEP 15 2000
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA.
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLORENCE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  66.4 WEST
OR ABOUT 120 MILES...195 KM...SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
 
FLORENCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 24 MPH
...39 KM/HR...AND A TURN TO THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT
OR SATURDAY MORNING. THIS MOTION WILL TAKE THE CENTER OF FLORENCE
VERY NEAR OR JUST NORTH OF THE ISLAND OF BERMUDA DURING THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  25 MILES... 35 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 175 MILES...280 KM..MAINLY EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  991 MB...29.26 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...31.4 N... 66.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 24 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 991 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 2 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM AST...SATURDAY.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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