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TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE ADVISORY NUMBER  27
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SUN SEP 17 2000

...FLORENCE LOSING ITS IDENTITY AS IS PASSES CAPE RACE
NEWFOUNDLAND...
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 47.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  52.3 WEST
OR ABOUT 45 MILES...70 KM...NORTHEAST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT FLORENCE IS LOSING ITS IDENTITY
AS A DISTINCT LOW AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 38 MPH
...61 KM/HR.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES
...280 KM TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...47.2 N... 52.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 38 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THIS WILL BE THE LAST ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
NO STRIKE PROBABILITIES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY.
 
 
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