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TROPICAL STORM GORDON INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  9A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2000

...GORDON NEARING HURRICANE STRENGTH....HEADING FOR THE NORTHEAST
GULF COAST... 
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA
WEST COAST FROM BONITA BEACH NORTHWARD TO THE SUWANEE RIVER.

A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM BONITA BEACH TO APALACHICOLA.
 
AT 1 PM CDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GORDON WAS
LOCATED BY A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE NEAR LATITUDE 24.1 NORTH...
LONGITUDE  86.1 WEST OR ABOUT 345 MILES...555 KM...SOUTHWEST OF
TAMPA FLORIDA.
 
GORDON HAS SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE BIT BUT IS EXPECTED TO RESUME A
NORTHEAST TRACK NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR...THIS AFTERNOON. THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 70 MPH...115 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.  GORDON COULD BECOME A
HURRICANE LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES ...185 KM
TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
LATEST DATA FROM A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE INDICATE THAT THE MINIMUM
PRESSURE HAS DROPPED TO 984 MB...29.05 INCHES.
 
DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST...ALL COASTAL INTERESTS ALONG
THE GULF OF MEXICO FROM FLORIDA TO MISSISSIPPI SHOULD MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS STORM.   
 
HEAVY RAINS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE AFFECTING PORTION OF WESTERN CUBA.
LESSER AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF
SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE KEYS.

REPEATING THE 1 PM CDT POSITION...24.1 N... 86.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 984 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
4 PM CDT.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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