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TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  12A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2001

...GABRIELLE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA AND 
GEORGIA EAST COASTS FROM NORTH OF JUPITER INLET FLORIDA TO BRUNSWICK
GEORGIA.
 
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST
COAST FROM FLAMINGO TO THE MOUTH OF THE SUWANNEE RIVER...AND IN THE
FLORIDA KEYS FROM CRAIG KEY WESTWARD TO THE DRY TORTUGAS.  A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE.
THESE WARNINGS MAY BE LOWERED AT 5 PM.

AT 2 PM EDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  81.8 WEST OR NEAR
WINTER HAVEN FLORIDA.  THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 40 MILES...65 KM...
SOUTHWEST OF ORLANDO FLORIDA.
 
GABRIELLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...
AND A GENERAL NORTHEASTERLY MOTION AT A SOMEWHAT SLOWER FORWARD
SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THIS MOTION SHOULD
BRING THE CENTER ACROSS THE CENTRAL FLORIDA PENINSULA TODAY AND
TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 80 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS...MAINLY IN SQUALLS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS.  FURTHER
WEAKENING IS LIKELY WHILE GABRIELLE CROSSES THE FLORIDA PENINSULA.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES...230 KM 
FROM THE CENTER.  ST. PETERSBURG FLORIDA AND ST. AUGUSTINE FLORIDA 
RECENTLY REPORTED WIND GUSTS OF 54 MPH.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  992 MB...29.29 INCHES. 
LAKELAND AND WINTER HAVEN FLORIDA HAVE RECENTLY REPORTED PRESSURES
OF 994.3 MB...29.36 INCHES.

RAINFALLS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY
OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN RAINBANDS OVER THE SOUTHERN
FLORIDA PENINSULA AND KEYS.  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 ALONG PORTIONS
OF THE FLORIDA WEST COAST SHOULD DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.  STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 2 FT ABOVE NORMAL IS POSSIBLE
ALONG PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA EAST COAST IN AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW.

THERE IS THE RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES OVER THE FLORIDA KEYS AND
EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 2 PM EDT POSITION...28.0 N... 81.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 992 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
5 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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