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TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT MON SEP 11 2000

...TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE 
OPEN ATLANTIC...
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  72.8 WEST
OR ABOUT 400 MILES...645 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS 
NORTH CAROLINA...OR ABOUT 485 MILES...780 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST 
OF BERMUDA.
 
FLORENCE IS NEARLY STATIONARY OR DRIFTING TOWARD THE WEST...AND 
THE FORWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BE SLOW AND ERRATIC DURING THE 
NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS...BUT ONLY A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE INTENSITY COULD BRING
FLORENCE TO MINIMAL HURRICANE STRENGTH.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  993 MB...29.32 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...30.2 N... 72.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NEARLY STATIONARY OR DRIFTING TO THE WEST.  MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 993 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 5 AM EDT...TUESDAY.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
  
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