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Tropical Storm FRANKLIN (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT SAT JUL 23 2005

...FRANKLIN STRENGTHENING OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC OCEAN AS IT MOVES
AWAY FROM THE UNITED STATES...
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.4 NORTH... LONGITUDE 75.0 WEST OR ABOUT
245 MILES... 390 KM... NORTH-NORTHEAST OF GREAT ABACO ISLAND AND
ABOUT 635 MILES...1025 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
 
FRANKLIN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR  9 MPH...15 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS...AND FRANKLIN COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY OR ON
SUNDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  80 MILES
...130 KM..MAINLY EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE RECENTLY REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56.
  
REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...29.4 N... 75.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 5 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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