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HURRICANE GORDON INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  12A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM EDT SUN SEP 17 2000

...GORDON MOVING FASTER TO THE NORTHEAST...HEADED FOR THE NORTHEAST
GULF COAST OF FLORIDA...

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA
FROM ANNA MARIA ISLAND NORTHWARD TO OCHLOCKONEE RIVER.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
FROM BONITA BEACH NORTHWARD TO SOUTH OF ANNA MARIA ISLAND.  A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT IN THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE WEST OF OCHLOCKONEE RIVER WESTWARD TO INDIAN PASS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE U.S. SOUTHWEST
COAST FROM FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA NORTHWARD TO BRUNSWICK GEORGIA.  A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM BRUNSWICK NORTHWARD TO
THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA.
 
AT 8 AM EDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GORDON WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 27.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  84.2 WEST OR ABOUT 155 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR KEY FLORIDA AND ABOUT 115 MILES
WEST-SOUTHWEST OF TAMPA FLORIDA.
 
GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 16 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE TO THE NORTHEAST.  THIS MOTION WILL BRING THE
CENTER OF THE HURRICANE  ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GULF COAST OF FLORIDA
AROUND THE CEDAR KEY AREA LATER TODAY.  HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTS
SHOULD NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT LOCATION OF GORDON SINCE DANGEROUS
CONDITIONS EXTEND WELL TO THE EAST AND NORTH OF THE CENTER.

ALL PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION IN THE HURRICANE
WARNING AREA.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE TODAY BEFORE GORDON MOVES
INLAND.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES...MAINLY
NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD 
UP TO 175 MILES...MAINLY NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT IS 981 MB...28.97 INCES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 7 TO 10 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA NEAR AND TO THE
EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST.
 
HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED MAINLY
ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.  HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH
AN OUTER BAND OF GORDON IS ALREADY OCCURING OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA.
 
THERE IS A RISK OF TORNADOES OVER MUCH OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA
TODAY.
  
REPEATING THE 8 AM EDT POSITION...27.2 N... 84.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 981 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 11 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
  
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