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Hurricane JEANNE (Text)

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HURRICANE JEANNE ADVISORY NUMBER  34
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT TUE SEP 21 2004

....JEANNE MEANDERING BETWEEN THE BAHAMAS AND BERMUDA...
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE JEANNE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.0 NORTH... LONGITUDE  68.7 WEST OR ABOUT  520 MILES...
835 KM... EAST OF GREAT ABACO ISLAND IN THE BAHAMAS.
 
JEANNE IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH NEAR 3 MPH ...6 KM/HR. LITTLE
MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING TH NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 90 MPH...150 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WILL BE IN THE AREA IN THE NEXT FEW
HOURS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES... 75 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 115 MILES...185 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  972 MB...28.70 INCHES.

DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP CURRENTS...CAUSED BY LARGE SWELLS GENERATED
BY HURRICANE JEANNE...ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S.
COAST AND THE NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL BAHAMAS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...27.0 N... 68.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTH NEAR  3 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 90 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 972 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
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