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TROPICAL STORM GORDON ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT MON SEP 18 2000
 
...GORDON WEAKENING OVER LAND...

TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT ON THE ATLANTIC COAST FROM
FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SOUTH CAROLINA.
 
AT 5 AM EDT...ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED FOR THE
FLORIDA GULF COAST AND THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS DISCONTINUED FOR
THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST.
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GORDON WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  82.6 WEST OR ABOUT 55
MILES WEST OF JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA.
 
GORDON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY BRINGING THE WEAKENING STORM
ACROSS EASTERN GEORGIA AND THE EASTERN CAROLINAS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR  40 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE NOW OVER ATLANTIC WATERS NEAR THE
COASTS OF NORTH FLORIDA...GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA.  GORDON IS
LOSING TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES FROM THE
CENTER OVER ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA COAST
SHOULD BE GRADUALLY SUBSIDING.
 
ADDITION RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
TOTALS ARE LIKELY ALONG THE PATH OF GORDON.
 
THERE IS ALSO THE RISK OF A FEW TORNADOES OVER COASTAL SOUTH
CAROLINA EXTREME SOUTH COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE NEXT FEW
HOURS.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...30.4 N... 82.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 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
 
NO STRIKE PROBABILITIES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY.
 
 
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