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HURRICANE ERIN ADVISORY NUMBER  30
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM AST SUN SEP 09 2001

...HURRICANE ERIN BRUSHES BERMUDA...

AT 8 PM AST...0000Z...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 
FOR BERMUDA 

AT 8 PM AST...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ERIN WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 33.3 NORTH...  LONGITUDE 63.3 WEST OR ABOUT 100 MILES...160
KM...NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA.

ERIN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH
...20 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 
THROUGH TONIGHT.  ON THIS TRACK...THE CORE OF THE HURRICANE WILL 
PASS TO THE NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA.  HOWEVER WINDS TO TROPICAL STORM 
FORCE IN SQUALLS WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE ISLAND DURING THE NEXT FEW 
HOURS.

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE
INDICATE THAT THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 120
MPH...195 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  THIS MAKES ERIN A CATEGORY 3
HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE.  SOME FLUCTUATIONS
IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

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.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  969 MB...28.62 INCHES.

ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE BATTERING WAVES...WILL 
LIKELY OCCUR ON BERMUDA THIS EVENING.

REPEATING THE 8 PM AST POSITION...33.3 N... 63.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...120 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 969 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 11 PM AST.

FORECASTER JARVINEN
 
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