982 WTNT33 KNHC 141143 TCPAT3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 11A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 8 AM EDT FRI SEP 14 2001 ...GABRIELLE CENTERED ON THE FLORIDA WEST COAST...EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE PENINSULA TODAY... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS FROM CRAIG KEY WESTWARD TO THE DRY TORTUGAS...INCLUDING FLORIDA BAY...AND FOR THE FLORIDA WEST COAST FROM FLAMINGO NORTHWARD TO THE MOUTH OF THE SUWANNEE RIVER. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA EAST COAST FROM NORTH OF JUPITER INLET TO ST. AUGUSTINE AND FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA WEST COAST FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO TARPON SPRINGS. AT 8 AM EDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE WAS LOCATED ON THE WEST FLORIDA COAST NEAR LATITUDE 27.2 NORTH... LONGITUDE 82.5 WEST...VERY NEAR VENICE FLORIDA. GABRIELLE HAS ACCELERATED....AND IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR. THIS MOTION WILL BRING THE CENTER ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE MAY OCCUR ASSOCIATED WITH HEAVY SQUALLS. SOME WEAKENING IS POSSIBLE WHILE GABRIELLE IS MOVING OVER LAND. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES ...230 KM FROM THE CENTER. LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE PLANE WAS 980 MB...28.94 INCHES. VENICE JUST REPORTED A MINIMUM PRESSURE OF 988 MB...29.17 INCHES. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...LOCALLY IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES...IS LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA AND KEYS TODAY. SOME PARTS OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL FLORIDA ARE ALREADY SATURATED...AND THERE IS A SERIOUS FLOOD THREAT IN THESE AREAS. CONSULT STATEMENTS FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICES FOR DETAILS. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL IS LIKELY NEAR AND TO THE SOUTH OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST. STORM SURGE FLOODING IN THE FORECAST RANGE IS NOW BEING REPORTED IN NORTHWEST COLLIER AND LEE COUNTIES. THERE IS THE RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA AND THE KEYS. REPEATING THE 8 AM EDT POSITION...27.2 N... 82.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...980 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 AM EDT. FORECASTER AVILA