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HURRICANE GEORGES INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 44A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM EDT SAT SEP 26 1998

...THREAT INCREASING TO THE NORTHERN GULF COAST... 

A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO COAST FROM
MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA TO ST. MARKS FLORIDA.  A HURRICANE WARNING
COULD BE ISSUED LATER THIS MORNING OR THIS AFTERNOON FOR A PORTION
OF THIS AREA.

AT 8 AM EDT...1200Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE FLORIDA
WEST COAST AND FLORIDA KEYS IS DISCONTINUED.  SMALL CRAFT IN THAT
AREA SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
  
AT 8 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GEORGES WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.1 WEST OR ABOUT 415 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA.

GEORGES IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME
STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES TO THE EAST OF
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175
MILES TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.

LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE
WAS  974 MB...28.76 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE DIMINISHING
TODAY.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA
PENINSULA.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM EDT POSITION...25.9 N... 85.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 974 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM EDT. 
 
RAPPAPORT
 
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