ZCZC MIATCPAT5 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN HURRICANE FABIAN ADVISORY NUMBER 36 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 11 AM AST FRI SEP 05 2003 ...FRINGES OF FABIAN AFFECTING BERMUDA...WORSE STILL TO COME... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA. FABIAN IS A LARGE AND SEVERE HURRICANE. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FABIAN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 65.4 WEST OR ABOUT 110 MILES...180 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA. FABIAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/HR. ON THIS TRACK THE INNER CORE OF DANGEROUS HURRICANE FABIAN WILL BE PASSING NEAR OR OVER BERMUDA LATER TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 120 MPH...195 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE LIKELY 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 ALREADY AFFECTING BERMUDA. A WIND GUST TO 61 MPH...98 KM/HR WAS EXPERIENCED IN BERMUDA WITHIN THE PAST HOUR. HAM RADIO REPORTS INDICATE THAT THERE ARE ROUGH SEAS AND TREE BRANCHES ON ROADS. HURRICANE CONDITIONS SHOULD BEGIN SOON. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 951 MB...28.08 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 WILL LIKELY SPREAD ALONG PORTIONS OF THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES TODAY. REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...30.8 N... 65.4 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 17 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...120 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 951 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 2 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 PM AST. FORECASTER AVILA NNNN
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