ZCZC MIATCPAT5 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM CCA BULLETIN HURRICANE FABIAN ADVISORY NUMBER 37...CORRECTED NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 PM AST FRI SEP 05 2003 ...CORRECTED TO MAKE 120 MPH IN THE HEADLINE... ...FABIAN LASHING BERMUDA WITH SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 120 MPH... ...STRONGEST HURRICANE THERE IN DECADES... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA. THE EYEWALL OF FABIAN HAS BEEN MOVING OVER BERMUDA DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE LARGE EYE OF HURRICANE FABIAN WAS CENTERED NEAR LATITUDE 32.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 65.1 WEST OR ABOUT 30 MILES...50 KM...NORTHWEST OF BERMUDA. FABIAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/HR. A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. ON THIS TRACK...FABIAN WILL BE GRADUALLY MOVING AWAY FROM BERMUDA AND WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 120 MPH...195 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM... FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES...370 KM. THE WEATHER SERVICE FROM BERMUDA RECENTLY RELAYED AN UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATION OF A SUSTAINED WIND OF 117 MPH...189 KM/HR AND A PEAK GUST OF NEAR 127 MPH...204 KM/HR FROM BERMUDA HARBOR RADIO. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 103 MPH...167 KM/HR WITH A GUST OF 132 MPH...213 KM/HR...WERE ESTIMATED AT THE BERMUDA AIRPORT ONE HOUR AGO. LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE PLANE WAS 950 MB...28.05 INCHES. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED ON BERMUDA. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 6 TO 10 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...ARE AFFECTING BERMUDA. LARGE SWELLS WILL LIKELY SPREAD ALONG PORTIONS OF THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES TODAY. REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...32.6 N... 65.1 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...120 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 950 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 AVILA NNNN
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