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TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE ADVISORY NUMBER  21
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT SUN SEP 16 2001

...GABRIELLE MOVING AWAY FROM THE U.S. EAST COAST AND LOSING
ITS TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS...
 
THE GOVERNMENT OF BERMUDA HAS ISSUED A GALE WARNING FOR BERMUDA 
AND ITS SURROUNDING MARINE AREA.
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE 
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  72.6 WEST 
OR ABOUT 265 MILES...425 KM...SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH
CAROLINA.  THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 465 MILES...750 KM...WEST OF BERMUDA.
 
GABRIELLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 16 MPH
...26 KM/HR...AND AN EAST-NORTHEAST OR NORTHEASTWARD MOTION IS 
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS. HOWEVER...GABRIELLE MAY BECOME AN EXTRATROPICAL LOW 
PRESSURE SYSTEM DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS AS IT INTERACTS WITH 
A COLD FRONTAL SYSTEM.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES
...325 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  995 MB...29.38 INCHES.
 
DANGEROUS SURF AND LARGE BATTERING WAVES WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT 
BERMUDA LATER TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY ON MONDAY WHEN THE CENTER 
GABRIELLE IS EXPECTED TO PASS WELL TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE ISLAND.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...32.3 N... 72.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 995 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 11 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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