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HURRICANE GEORGES FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  45
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL   AL0798
1500Z SAT SEP 26 1998
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...A HURRICANE WARNING IS ISSUED FROM MORGAN
CITY LOUISIANA TO PANAMA CITY FLORIDA.  A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS
THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA WITHIN 24
HOURS.  PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED
TO COMPLETION.
 
ALSO AT 10 AM CDT...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH
ARE IN EFFECT FROM PANAMA CITY FLORIDA TO ST. MARKS FLORIDA.  A
HURRICANE WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MORGAN CITY TO INTRACOASTAL
CITY LOUISIANA.
 
HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 26.1N  85.6W AT 26/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST OR 300 DEGREES AT 10 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  974 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  90 KT WITH GUSTS TO 110 KT
64 KT.......110NE  60SE   0SW   0NW
50 KT.......125NE 100SE  30SW  50NW
34 KT.......150NE 150SE 100SW  80NW
12 FT SEAS..300NE 150SE 150SW 300NW
ALL QUADRANT RADII IN NAUTICAL MILES
 
REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 26.1N  85.6W AT 26/1500Z
AT 26/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 25.9N  85.1W
 
FORECAST VALID 27/0000Z 26.9N  87.0W
MAX WIND  95 KT...GUSTS 115 KT
64 KT...110NE  60SE  30SW  30NW
50 KT...125NE 100SE  45SW  60NW
34 KT...150NE 150SE 100SW  90NW
 
FORECAST VALID 27/1200Z 28.2N  88.4W
MAX WIND  95 KT...GUSTS 115 KT
64 KT...110NE  60SE  30SW  30NW
50 KT...125NE 100SE  45SW  60NW
34 KT...150NE 150SE 100SW  90NW
 
FORECAST VALID 28/0000Z 29.0N  89.1W
MAX WIND 100 KT...GUSTS 120 KT
64 KT...100NE  60SE  30SW  30NW
50 KT...120NE 100SE  45SW  45NW
34 KT...150NE 150SE 100SW  90NW
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 8 TO 12 FEET...LOCALLY TO 15 FEET IN
BAYS...ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA AND
WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES. POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA.

SMALL CRAFT FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO HIGH ISLAND TEXAS SHOULD
REMAIN IN PORT.  SMALL CRAFT ALONG THE WEST COAST OF THE FLORIDA
PENINSULA SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.  
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 26.1N  85.6W
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE
 
OUTLOOK VALID 28/1200Z 29.9N  89.6W...INLAND
MAX WIND 100 KT...GUSTS 120 KT
50 KT... 75NE  75SE  45SW  40NW
 
OUTLOOK VALID 29/1200Z 30.5N  90.0W...INLAND
MAX WIND  70 KT...GUSTS  85 KT
50 KT... 50NE  60SE  30SW  30NW
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 26/2100Z
 
RAPPAPORT
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT2 AND WMO HEADER WTNT72 KNHC.
 
 
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