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HURRICANE GERT ADVISORY NUMBER  37
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST MON SEP 20 1999
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z THE GOVERNMENT OF BERMUDA HAS ISSUED A
HURRICANE WARNING FOR BERMUDA.
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GERT WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  62.3 WEST OR ABOUT 335 MILES...
540 KM...SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
GERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR
...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 120 MPH...195 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 120 MILES...195 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 260 MILES...415 KM.

STORM SURGE OF 3 TO 5 FEET ARE POSSIBLE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE
BATTERING WAVES OVER PORTIONS OF BERMUDA.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  960 MB...28.35 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...27.9 N... 62.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...120 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 960 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 2 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 PM
AST.
 
AVILA
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.
 
 
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