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TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT WED SEP 13 2000

...FLORENCE COULD BECOME A THREAT TO BERMUDA...A HURRICANE WATCH MAY
BE REQUIRED EARLY THURSDAY...
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  73.3 WEST OR ABOUT 525
MILES...845 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
 
FLORENCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-SOUTHEAST NEAR 3 MPH...6 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24
HOURS.  THEREAFTER...A TURN TO THE EAST AND EAST-NORTHEAST WITH A
GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED. 
 
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
MOVES OVER WARMER WATERS. 
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES ...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  989 MB...29.21 INCHES.
 
FLORENCE WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP TIDES
ALONG PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. COAST...PARTICULARLY ALONG
THE NORTH CAROLINA OUTER BANKS.
 
INTERESTS IN BERMUDA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF FLORENCE...
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...30.2 N... 73.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST SOUTHEAST NEAR  3 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED 
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 989 MB. 
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM EDT...THURSDAY.
 
FORECASTER AVILA

 
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