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TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE ADVISORY NUMBER  18
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST FRI SEP 15 2000

...FLORENCE SHOULD BEGIN MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST...WEATHER
EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE IN BERMUDA TONIGHT...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA.
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  70.7 WEST
OR ABOUT 395 MILES...635 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
 
FLORENCE IS MOVING EASTWARD BUT IS EXPECTED TO TURN TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR...LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES
...220 KM TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  997 MB...29.44 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...29.8 N... 70.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 45 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 997 MB. 
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 2 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 PM
AST.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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