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TROPICAL STORM GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER  16
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT SUN SEP 17 2000

...CENTER OF GORDON ON THE COAST JUST NORTH OF CEDAR KEY...
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ON THE FLORIDA
GULF COAST WEST OF SAINT MARKS AND SOUTH OF THE ANCLOTE KEYS ARE
DISCONTINUED.  ALSO...AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE TROPICAL STORM
WARNING ON THE FLORIDA EAST COAST SOUTH OF FLAGLER BEACH IS
DISCONTINUED.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
FLORIDA GULF COAST FROM THE ANCLOTE KEYS TO SAINT MARKS AND ON THE
SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST FROM FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA TO LITTLE RIVER
INLET SOUTH CAROLINA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT NORTH OF LITTLE RIVER INLET
TO THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA BORDER.
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GORDON
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  83.2 WEST
OR VERY NEAR CEDAR KEY FLORIDA.
 
GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH
...19 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
24 HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER OF GORDON WILL BE MOVING OVER
NORTH FLORIDA AND SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA.  HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTS IN
FLORIDA AND THE SOUTHEAST U.S. SHOULD NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT CENTER
OF GORDON SINCE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS EXTEND WELL AWAY FROM THE 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS AS THE
CENTER MOVES OVER LAND.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
...165 KM FROM THE CENTER...MAINLY OVER WATER.
 
AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE JUST REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE OF 991 MB...29.26 INCHES.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 5 TO 8 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE
TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA MAINLY SOUTH OF THE SUWANNEE RIVER.  A
STORM SURGE OF 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WAS REPORTED AT THE PORT OF TAMPA
EARLIER THIS EVENING.
 
HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
TOTALS...CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THE PATH OF GORDON.
 
THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES NEAR THE
EAST COAST OF GEORGIA ON MONDAY.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...29.3 N... 83.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 991 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 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM
EDT...MONDAY.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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