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TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT FRI SEP 14 2001

...GABRIELLE MAKES LANDFALL NEAR VENICE FLORIDA...
 
AT 11 AM EDT...15000...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS EXTENDED
NORTH OF ST. AUGUSTINE TO BRUNSWICK GEORGIA.  A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF JUPITER INLET FLORIDA
TO BRUNSWICK GEORGIA.
 
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST
COAST FROM FLAMINGO TO THE MOUTH OF THE SUWANNEE RIVER...AND IN THE
FLORIDA KEYS FROM CRAIG KEY WESTWARD TO THE DRY TORTUGAS.  A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE.
THESE WARNINGS MAY BE LOWERED LATER TODAY.
 
AT 11 AM EDT...THE HURRICANE WATCH FOR THE FLORIDA WEST COAST IS
DISCONTINUED.
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  82.2 WEST OR ABOUT 25 
MILES...40 KM...NORTHEAST OF SARASOTA FLORIDA.
 
GABRIELLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR...
AND A GENERAL NORTHEASTERLY MOTION AT A SOMEWHAT SLOWER FORWARD
SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THIS MOTION SHOULD
BRING THE CENTER ACROSS THE CENTRAL FLORIDA PENINSULA TODAY AND
TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS
GABRIELLE CROSSES THE FLORIDA PENINSULA.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES...230 KM 
FROM THE CENTER.  THE AUTOMATED STATION AT VENICE FLORIDA RECENTLY
REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 58 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 73 MPH.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  986 MB...29.12 INCHES.  THE
AUTOMATED STATION AT VENICE REPORTED A PRESSURE OF 983.2 MB...29.03
INCHES...AS THE CENTER MADE LANDFALL.

RAINFALLS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY
OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN RAINBANDS OVER THE SOUTHERN
FLORIDA PENINSULA AND KEYS.  SOME PARTS OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL FLORIDA
ARE ALREADY SATURATED...AND THERE IS A SERIOUS FLOOD THREAT IN THESE
AREAS.  CONSULT STATEMENTS FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICES AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICES FOR DETAILS.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL IS LIKELY NEAR AND 
TO THE SOUTH OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST. STORM SURGE 
FLOODING IN THE FORECAST RANGE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN NORTHWEST 
COLLIER AND LEE COUNTIES.

THERE IS THE RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES OVER THE EASTERN PORTIONS
OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA AND THE FLORIDA
KEYS TODAY.  A TORNADO WAS RECENTLY REPORTED NEAR EAU GALLIE
FLORIDA.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...27.6 N... 82.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 986 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 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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