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TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE ADVISORY NUMBER  11
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT WED SEP 13 2000

...FLORENCE WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM...

...INTERESTS IN BERMUDA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF FLORENCE...
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  73.7 WEST
OR ABOUT 545 MILES...880 KM...WEST OF BERMUDA...OR 345 MILES SOUTH-
SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS.
 
FLORENCE IS NEARLY STATIONARY...BUT A SLOW GENERALLY EASTWARD MOTION
IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITHIN 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 FLORENCE COULD RESTRENGTHEN TO A HURRICANE ONCE IT
BEGINS TO MOVE AWAY FROM ITS PRESENT LOCATION.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES
...140 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE MOST RECENT CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS  989 MB...29.21 INCHES.
 
...ALTHOUGH FLORENCE HAS WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM...IT WILL
CONTINUE TO GENERATE DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP TIDES ALONG PORTIONS OF
THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. COAST...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA
OUTER BANKS.

REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...30.5 N... 73.7 W.  MOVEMENT
STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE... 989 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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