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TROPICAL STORM GORDON INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  16A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM EDT MON SEP 18 2000

...CENTER OF GORDON WELL INLAND OVER NORTH FLORIDA...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA GULF
COAST FROM THE ANCLOTE KEYS TO SAINT MARKS.  THIS WARNING WILL
LIKELY BE LOWERED AT 6 AM EDT.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT ALONG THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST FROM FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA TO
LITTLE RIVER INLET SOUTH CAROLINA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT NORTH OF LITTLE RIVER INLET
TO THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA BORDER.
 
AT 2 AM EDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GORDON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  82.8 WEST OR ABOUT 30
MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF GAINSVILLE FLORIDA.
 
GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS...BRINGING THE
THE CENTER OF GORDON ACROSS COASTAL GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS.  

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE WEAKENED TO NEAR 50 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  WEAKENING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...MAINLY OVER WATER.
 
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 995 MB...29.38 INCHES.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 5 TO 8 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS FROM CEDAR KEY SOUTHWARD...IS EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE THIS
MORNING.
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS ARE
ACCUMULATING ALONG THE PATH OF GORDON...OVER PORTIONS OF FLORIDA
...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS SPREADING INTO PORTIONS OF GEORGIA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA.
 
THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES NEAR THE
EAST COAST OF GEORGIA ON MONDAY.
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM EDT POSITION...29.8 N... 82.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 995 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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