ZCZC MIATCPAT5 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN HURRICANE FABIAN ADVISORY NUMBER 33 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 PM AST THU SEP 04 2003 ...DANGEROUS HURRICANE FABIAN HEADING FOR BERMUDA... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA. FABIAN IS A LARGE AND DANGEROUS HURRICANE. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY ON BERMUDA SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE FABIAN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 64.4 WEST OR ABOUT 415 MILES...670 KM...SOUTH OF BERMUDA. FABIAN IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BRING THE CORE OF THE HURRICANE NEAR OR OVER BERMUDA LATE FRIDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 120 MPH...195 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM... FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES...370 KM. FABIAN IS A LARGE HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH BERMUDA EARLY FRIDAY...WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE EYE. THE WEATHER SHOULD BEGIN TO DETERIORATE ON BERMUDA TONIGHT. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE PLANE WAS 941 MB...27.79 INCHES. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED ON BERMUDA. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 6 TO 10 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED ON BERMUDA. LARGE SWELLS AND DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS...THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND PUERTO RICO. LARGE SWELLS WILL ALSO BEGIN TO SPREAD ALONG PORTIONS OF THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES TODAY. REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...26.4 N... 64.4 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...120 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 941 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 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM AST. FORECASTER AVILA NNNN
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