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HURRICANE GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER  13
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT SUN SEP 17 2000

...GORDON MOVING QUICKLY TOWARD THE NORTHEAST GULF COAST 
OF FLORIDA...STORM SURGE...HEAVY RAINS AND TORNADOES ARE
MAJOR THREATS...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA
FROM ANNA MARIA ISLAND NORTHWARD TO THE 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 11 AM EDT...1500Z...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG
THE U.S. SOUTHEAST COAST FROM FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA NORTHWARD TO
LITTLE RIVER INLET SOUTH CAROLINA.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN
EXTENDED NORTHWARD FROM NORTH OF LITTLE RIVER INLET SOUTH CAROLINA
TO CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE BROAD CENTER OF HURRICANE GORDON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  83.8 WEST OR ABOUT 110
MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR KEY FLORIDA AND 85 MILES WEST OF
TAMPA FLORIDA.
 
GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 16 MPH AND THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH A GRADUAL
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.  THIS EXPECTED MOTION SHOULD BRING THE
BROAD CENTER OF GORDON NEAR CEDAR KEY FLORIDA SOMETIME LATE THIS
AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING.  HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTS IN FLORIDA AND
THE SOUTHEAST U.S. SHOULD NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT CENTER OF GORDON
SINCE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS EXTEND WELL TO THE EAST AND NORTH OF THE
CENTER.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST BEFORE LANDFALL...WITH
SLOW WEAKENING OVER NORTH FLORIDA AFTER LANDFALL TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  60 MILES...MAINLY
NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD
UP TO 175 MILES...MAINLY NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
RECENT RECONNAISANCE AIRCRAFT REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF
987 MB...29.15 INCHES.
  
ALL PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION IN THE HURRICANE
WARNING AREA.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 7 TO 10 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE
HURRICANE WARNING AREA NEAR AND TO THE SOUTH OF WHERE THE CENTER
CROSSES THE COAST.
 
HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER
AMOUNTS... CAN BE EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE
CENTER....ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FLORIDA
PENINSULA.  OVER 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED AT SEBRING
FLORIDA THIS MORNING.
 
THERE IS ALSO A STRONG POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES OVER MUCH OF THE
FLORIDA PENINSULA.  SOME OF THESE TORNADOES MAY OCCUR IN RAINBANDS
WELL AWAY FROM THE CENTER.  A TORNADO WITH DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED
DURING THE PAST HOUR IN BROWARD COUNTY AT HALLANDALE FLORIDA.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...27.8 N... 83.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 987 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 EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 PM
EDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
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