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HURRICANE GORDON INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  11A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM EDT SUN SEP 17 2000

...HURRICANE GORDON CONTINUING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST GULF COAST 
OF FLORIDA...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA FROM
ANNA MARIA ISLAND NORTHWARD TO OCHLOCKONEE RIVER.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA
FROM BONITA BEACH NORTHWARD TO SOUTH OF ANNA MARIA ISLAND AND FROM
WEST OF OCHLOCKONEE RIVER WESTWARD TO INDIAN PASS.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE FROM WEST
OF OCHLOCKONEE RIVER WESTWARD TO INDIAN PASS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA COAST
AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COAST FROM FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA NORTHWARD TO
BRUNSWICK GEORGIA.
 
AT 2 AM EDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GORDON WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 26.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  84.9 WEST OR ABOUT 190 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TAMPA FLORIDA AND 235 MILES SOUTH OF APALACHICOLA
FLORIDA.
 
GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 
175 MILES.
 
LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT
IS  990 MB...29.23 INCHES. 

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 7 TO 10 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA.

HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED MAINLY
ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO A POSSIBILITY.
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM CDT POSITION...26.3 N... 84.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 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
5 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE 
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