Hurricane JEANNE

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TROPICAL STORM JEANNE ADVISORY NUMBER  53
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004

...JEANNE CONTINUES TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN OVER FLORIDA...
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING ON THE FLORIDA GULF
COAST SOUTH OF ENGLEWOOD IS DISCONTINUED.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ON THE ATLANTIC COAST
FROM NORTH OF COCOA BEACH TO THE SAVANNAH RIVER...AND ON THE GULF
COAST FROM NORTH OF ENGLEWOOD TO DESTIN.

AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JEANNE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.8 NORTH... LONGITUDE 82.6 WEST OR ABOUT 35
MILES SOUTHEAST OF CEDAR KEY FLORIDA.

JEANNE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...AND A GRADUAL
TURN TO THE NORTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THIS
TRACK...THE CENTER WILL BE MOVING NEAR THE BIG BEND AREA OF FLORIDA
LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 
FURTHER WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND JEANNE
WILL PROBABLY BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON MONDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES FROM THE
CENTER.  DURING THE PAST HOUR...THE FOLLWING WIND GUSTS HAVE
OCCURRED ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH FLORIDA...66 MPH AT SANFORD...
63 MPH AT ST. PETERSBURG...60 MPH AT ST. AUGUSTINE...56 MPH AT
ORLANDO...54 MPH AT TAMPA......AND 48 MPH AT GAINESVILLE...CROSS
CITY...AND SARASOTA.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  973 MB...28.73 INCHES.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS
BATTERING WAVES...WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST
COAST. 

TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA
ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST....AND HIGHER AT THE HEADS OF BAYS.
TIDES COULD POSSIBLY REACH 3 TO 6 FEET IN AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW
NORTH OF TAMPA BAY.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS
...ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE PATH OF JEANNE.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN FLORIDA
PENINSULA AND SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...28.8 N... 82.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 65 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 973 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 EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM
EDT.
 
FORECASTER PASCH/STEWART
 
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