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TROPICAL STORM GORDON INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  15A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM EDT SUN SEP 17 2000

...GORDON ABOUT TO MAKE LANDFALL...STORM SURGE...HEAVY RAINS...AND
TORNADOES A THREAT...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA GULF
COAST FROM ANNA MARIA ISLAND TO INDIAN PASS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE U.S.
SOUTHEAST COAST FROM TITUSVILLE FLORIDA NORTHWARD TO LITTLE RIVER
INLET SOUTH CAROLINA.  

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT NORTH OF LITTLE RIVER INLET
TO THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA BORDER...INCLUDING THE ALBEMARLE AND
PAMLICO SOUNDS.  
 
AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE BROAD CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GORDON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  83.4 WEST OR ABOUT 25
MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR KEY FLORIDA.
 
GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 13 MPH AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
GORDON SHOULD MOVE INLAND IN THE EASTERN BIG BEND AREA OF FLORIDA
SHORTLY.   HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTS IN FLORIDA AND THE SOUTHEAST U.S.
SHOULD NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT CENTER OF GORDON SINCE DANGEROUS
CONDITIONS EXTEND WELL TO THE EAST AND NORTH OF THE CENTER.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN INTENSITY IS EXPECTED BEFORE LANDFALL...
WITH GRADUAL WEAKENING AFTER LANDFALL OVER NORTH FLORIDA.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...MAINLY OVER WATER.
 
AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE RECENTLY REPORTED A MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 988...29.18 INCHES.

ALL PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION IN THE TROPICAL
STORM WARNING AREA.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 5 TO 8 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE
TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA NEAR AND TO THE SOUTH OF WHERE THE
CENTER CROSSES THE COAST. 
 
HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
TOTALS...CAN BE EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE
CENTER....ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FLORIDA
PENINSULA. 
 
THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES OVER MUCH OF THE
FLORIDA PENINSULA.  SOME OF THESE TORNADOES MAY OCCUR IN RAINBANDS
WELL AWAY FROM THE CENTER.

REPEATING THE 8 PM EDT POSITION...29.0 N... 83.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 988 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 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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