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Hurricane ISABEL (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM ISABEL SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER  1
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
9 AM AST SAT SEP 06 2003

...ISABEL FORMS IN THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC...THE NINTH TROPICAL STORM
OF THE SEASON...
 
AT 9 AM AST...1300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISABEL WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  34.0 WEST OR ABOUT
625 MILES...1000 KM...WEST OF THE SOUTHERN CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
 
ISABEL IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 13 MPH ...20 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 9 AM AST POSITION...14.0 N... 34.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
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