ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM COR BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM MITCH INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 52A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 7 AM EST THU NOV 05 1998 ...CORRECTION FOR LOCATION REFERENCE POINT... ...MITCH MAKES LANDFALL IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS... AND FOR THE FLORIDA PENINSULA SOUTHWARD FROM TARPON SPRINGS ON THE WEST COAST AND SOUTHWARD FROM NEW SMYRNA BEACH ON THE EAST COAST. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN CUBA FROM THE PROVINCE OF MATANZAS WESTWARD INCLUDING THE ISLE OF YOUTH... AND FOR THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS. AT 7 AM EST...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MITCH WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 81.7 WEST OR JUST SOUTH- SOUTHEAST OF FORT MYERS FLORIDA. MITCH IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH...37 KM/HR... AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 55 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. A WIND OF GUST OF 69 MPH WAS REPORTED FROM FOWEY ROCKS LIGHTHOUSE JUST SOUTHEAST OF MIAMI. LITTLE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES...325 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 993 MB...29.32 INCHES. STORM TIDES OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL LEVELS... ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE WAVES...ARE POSSIBLE NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE CENTER. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH MITCH. THESE RAINS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH AND CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH THIS MORNING... TAPERING OFF IN THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH THIS MORNING. REPEATING THE 7 AM EST POSITION...26.2 N... 81.7 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 55 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 993 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 10 AM EST. GUINEY NNNN