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HURRICANE GABRIELLE ADVISORY NUMBER  23
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT MON SEP 17 2001

...GABRIELLE MOVING FASTER TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST...SHOULD BE 
PASSING TO THE NORTH OF BERMUDA LATER TODAY...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA.
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GABRIELLE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 34.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 67.2 WEST OR ABOUT 210
MILES...340 KM...NORTHWEST OF BERMUDA.

GABRIELLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH
...37 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY 
AND TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  30 MILES... 45 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 290 MILES...465 KM.  BERMUDA RECENTLY REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 48 
MPH.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  991 MB...29.26 INCHES.

DANGEROUS SURF AND LARGE WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT BERMUDA TODAY.

REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...34.6 N... 67.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 991 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 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM
EDT.

FORECASTER PASCH
 
 
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