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Hurricane FABIAN (Text)

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HURRICANE FABIAN ADVISORY NUMBER  38
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM AST FRI SEP 05 2003

...FABIAN MOVING AWAY FROM BERMUDA...
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE BERMUDA WEATHER SERVICE HAS
DISCONTINUED THE HURRICANE WARNING FOR BERMUDA.  ALL CITIZENS
SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FABIAN WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 34.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  64.1 WEST OR ABOUT 125
MILES...200 KM...NORTH-NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
 
FABIAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/HR...AND A
GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IN THIS DIRECTION IS EXPECTED
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THIS MOTION IS TAKING FABIAN AWAY FROM
BERMUDA INTO THE OPEN ATLANTIC...AND WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL
IMPROVE TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...185 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST 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.

LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 953 MB...28.14 INCHES. 

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS
BATTERING WAVES SHOULD DIMINISH ON BERMUDA LATER TONIGHT.  

REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...34.1 N... 64.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...115 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 953 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 AM AST.
 
FORECASTER JARVINEN
 
 
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