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TROPICAL STORM GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 PM CDT SAT SEP 16 2000

...GORDON FORECAST TO BE A HURRICANE SOON...HEADING FOR THE
NORTHEAST GULF COAST...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA WEST COAST
FROM BONITA BEACH NORTHWARD TO THE SUWANEE RIVER.  A HURRICANE WATCH
IS IN EFFECT FROM BONITA BEACH NORTHWARD TO APALACHICOLA.
 
A HURRICANE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED TONIGHT FOR A PORTION OF
THE AREA CURRENTLY UNDER A HURRICANE WATCH.
 
AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GORDON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  85.7 WEST OR ABOUT 290
MILES...SOUTHWEST OF TAMPA FLORIDA.
 
GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  GORDON
WILL LIKELY REACH HURRICANE STRENGTH SOON.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES MAINLY TO
THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT WAS 983 MB...29.03 INCHES.
 
DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST...ALL COASTAL INTERESTS ALONG
THE GULF OF MEXICO FROM FLORIDA TO ALABAMA SHOULD MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS STORM.
 
RAINS OVER CUBA SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH. 

REPEATING THE 4 PM CDT POSITION...24.8 N... 85.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...
70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...983 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 7 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 PM
CDT.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
 
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