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HURRICANE ERIN ADVISORY NUMBER  30
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST SUN SEP 09 2001

...ERIN STRENGTHENS TO A MAJOR HURRICANE...

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE HURRICANE WARNING FOR BERMUDA IS CHANGED
TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING.

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ERIN WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 32.9 NORTH...  LONGITUDE 63.0 WEST OR ABOUT 110 MILES...175
KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA.

ERIN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH
...20 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 
THROUGH TONIGHT.  ON THIS TRACK...THE CORE OF THE HURRICANE WILL 
PASS TO THE NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA.  HOWEVER WINDS TO TROPICAL STORM 
FORCE IN SQUALLS WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE ISLAND DURING THE NEXT FEW 
HOURS.

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE
INDICATE THAT THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 120
MPH...195 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  THIS MAKES ERIN A CATEGORY 3
HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE.  SOME FLUCTUATIONS
IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES... 75 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 175 MILES...280 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  968 MB...28.59 INCHES.

ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE BATTERING WAVES...WILL 
LIKELY OCCUR ON BERMUDA THIS EVENING.

REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...32.9 N... 63.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...120 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 968 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 AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM
AST.

FORECASTER PASCH
 
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