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TROPICAL STORM GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER  15
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT SUN SEP 17 2000

...GORDON WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM...STORM SURGE...TORNADOES AND
HEAVY RAINS STILL A THREAT...
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE GULF COAST OF
FLORIDA IS DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING...AND THE TROPICAL
STORM WARNING SOUTH OF ANNA MARIA ISLAND IS DISCONTINUED.  THE
HURRICANE WATCH FOR THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA IS ALSO DISCONTINUED.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA GULF
COAST FROM ANNA MARIA ISLAND TO INDIAN PASS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE U.S.
SOUTHEAST COAST FROM TITUSVILLE FLORIDA NORTHWARD TO LITTLE RIVER
INLET SOUTH CAROLINA.  

AT 5PM...2100Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS EXTENDED NORTHWARD TO
THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA BORDER...INCLUDING THE ALBEMARLE AND
PAMLICO SOUNDS.  

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF LITTLE
RIVER INLET SOUTH CAROLINA TO THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA BORDER...
INCLUDING THE ALBEMARLE AND PAMLICO SOUNDS.
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GORDON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  83.6 WEST OR ABOUT 55
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR KEY FLORIDA AND 80 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF
TAMPA FLORIDA.
 
GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND
GORDON SHOULD MOVE INLAND IN THE EASTERN BIG BEND AREA OF FLORIDA
LATER THIS EVENING.   HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTS IN FLORIDA AND THE
SOUTHEAST U.S. SHOULD NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT CENTER OF GORDON SINCE
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS EXTEND WELL TO THE EAST AND NORTH OF THE
CENTER.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN INTENSITY IS EXPECTED BEFORE LANDFALL...
WITH GRADUAL WEAKENING AFTER LANDFALL OVER NORTH FLORIDA.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...MAINLY OVER WATER.
 
THE LATEST CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY RECONNAISANCE AIRCRAFT IS 
985 MB...29.09 INCHES.

ALL PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION IN THE TROPICAL
STORM WARNING AREA.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 5 TO 8 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE
TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA NEAR AND TO THE SOUTH OF WHERE THE
CENTER CROSSES THE COAST.  STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 3 FEET HAS
ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN PINELLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
 
HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
TOTALS...CAN BE EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE
CENTER....ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FLORIDA
PENINSULA. 
 
THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES OVER MUCH OF THE
FLORIDA PENINSULA.  SOME OF THESE TORNADOES MAY OCCUR IN RAINBANDS
WELL AWAY FROM THE CENTER.

REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...28.6 N... 83.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 985 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 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM
EDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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