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TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE ADVISORY NUMBER  19
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST FRI SEP 15 2000

...FLORENCE EXPECTED TO PASS NEAR BERMUDA ON SATURDAY... 
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA. 

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  69.2 WEST
OR ABOUT 300 MILES..490 KM...SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
 
FLORENCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR. 
A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS MANLY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.  LITTLE CHANGE IN
STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES
...220 KM TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A RECONNAISSANCE PLANE
WAS 997 MB...29.44 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...30.2 N... 69.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 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 8 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM
AST.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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