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HURRICANE GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT SUN SEP 17 2000
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA
FROM ANNA MARIA ISLAND NORTHWARD TO OCHLOCKONEE RIVER.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
FROM BONITA BEACH NORTHWARD TO SOUTH OF ANNA MARIA ISLAND.  A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT IN THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE WEST OF OCHLOCKONEE RIVER WESTWARD TO INDIAN PASS.
 
AT 5 AM EDT...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONT THE U.S.
SOUTHEST COAST FROM FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA NORTHWARD TO BRUNSWICK
GEORGIA.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM BRUNSWICK
NORTHWARD TO THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA.
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GORDON
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  84.7 WEST
OR ABOUT 195 MILES SOUTH OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA AND ABOUT 155 MILES
WEST-SOUTHWEST OF TAMPA FLORIDA.
 
GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 13 MPH AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BRING THE HURRICANE  ACROSS NORTHWEST FLORIDA
COAST LATER TODAY.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE TODAY BEFORE GORDON MOVES
OVER LAND.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES... 75 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 175 MILES...280 KM.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT IS 981 MB...28.97 INCES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 7 TO 10 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA NEAR AND TO THE
EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST.
 
HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED MAINLY
ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.  HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH
AN OUTER BAND OF GORDON IS ALREADY OCCURING OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA.
 
THERE IS A RISK OF TORNADOES THIS MORNING OVER WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
  
REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...26.9 N... 84.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 981 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 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
 
 
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