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TROPICAL STORM GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
10 AM CDT SAT SEP 16 2000

...GORDON A LITTLE STRONGER...HEADING FOR THE NORTHEAST GULF
COAST... 
 
AT 10 AM CDT...15OOO UTC...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED
FROM BONITA BEACH NORTHWARD TO THE SUWANEE RIVER.  A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
FLORIDA WEST COAST FROM BONITA BEACH NORTHWARD TO THE SUWANEE RIVER.
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500 UTC...THE HURRICANE WATCH IS EXTENDED NORTHWARD
AND WESTWARD ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST FROM THE SUWANEE RIVER TO
APALACHICOLA.
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GORDON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  86.1 WEST OR ABOUT 355
MILES...575 KM..SOUTHWEST OF TAMPA FLORIDA.
 
GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR...AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. GORDON COULD BECOME A
HURRICANE LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES ...185 KM
TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
LATEST MINIMUM PRESSURE REPORTED BY A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WAS 992
MB...29.29 INCHES.
 
DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST...ALL COASTAL INTERESTS ALONG
THE GULF OF MEXICO FROM FLORIDA TO MISSISSIPPI SHOULD MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS STORM.   
 
HEAVY RAINS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE AFFECTING PORTION OF WESTERN CUBA.
LESSER AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF
SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE KEYS.

REPEATING THE 10 AM CDT POSITION...23.9 N... 86.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 65 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 992 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 1 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 PM CDT.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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