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HURRICANE FRANCES INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  46A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
7 AM EDT SUN SEP 05 2004
 
...FRANCES RELENTLESSLY POUNDING FLORIDA...CENTER NEAR LAKE
OKEECHOBEE...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA
FROM NORTH OF DEERFIELD BEACH NORTHWARD TO FLAGLER BEACH...INCLUDING
LAKE OKEECHOBEE. A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GRAND
BAHAMA...ABACO...BIMINI AND THE BERRY ISLANDS.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF FLAGLER BEACH TO
FERNANDINA BEACH.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA PENINSULA
...ON THE WEST COAST...FROM ST. MARKS SOUTHWARD TO FLORIDA CITY...
AND ON THE SOUTHEAST COAST FROM DEERFIELD BEACH SOUTHWARD TO
FLORIDA CITY...AND FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA KEYS...INCLUDING FLORIDA
BAY AND THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM NORTH OF FLAGLER BEACH TO ALTAMAHA SOUND.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
FROM WEST OF ST. MARKS TO PANAMA CITY.
 
AT 7 AM EDT...1100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FRANCES WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 27.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  80.7 WEST...JUST NORTHEAST OF 
LAKE OKEECHOBEE. THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 125 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF
TAMPA FLORIDA.
 
FRANCES IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 8 MPH.  A CONTINUED WEST TO
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD TRACK ACROSS THE PENINSULA IS EXPECTED TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 95 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME
WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS THE CORE OF FRANCES MOVES OVER LAND.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 200 MILES. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 63 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 89 MPH WERE
RECENTLY MEASURED NEAR PLAYALINDA BEACH JUST EAST OF TITUSVILLE IN
THE PAST HOUR.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  963 MB...28.44 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS CAN
STILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE WEST AND SOUTH SIDES OF ISLANDS OF THE
NORTHERN BAHAMAS.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...IS
STILL POSSIBLE NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THE CENTER MADE
LANDFALL ON THE FLORIDA EAST COAST.  STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 5 FEET
ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS IS EXPECTED IN LAKE OKEECHOBEE.  ALONG THE
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST...STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS EXPECTED SOUTH OF THE PATH OF FRANCES.  STORM
SURGE FLOODING OF UP TO 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS
EXPECTED ALONG THE NORTHEAST GULF COAST OF FLORIDA.
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS...TO NEAR 20 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED OVER THE FLORIDA
PENINSULA IN ASSOCIATION WITH FRANCES.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH
FLORIDA TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 7 AM EDT POSITION...27.3 N... 80.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...95 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 963 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 9 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM
EDT.
 
FORECASTER AVILA
 
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