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Hurricane JEANNE (Text)

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HURRICANE JEANNE ADVISORY NUMBER  37
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT WED SEP 22 2004

...JEANNE MOVING SOUTHWESTWARD AND EXPECTED TO TURN WESTWARD...
 
INTERESTS IN AND NEAR THE NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL BAHAMAS SHOULD
CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF JEANNE.
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JEANNE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 26.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  69.0 WEST OR ABOUT  500
MILES... 810 KM...EAST OF GREAT ABACO ISLAND.
 
JEANNE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH... 7 KM/HR. A
GRADUAL TURN TOWARD WEST IS EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT OR THURSDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES... 75 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 140 MILES...220 KM.
 
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE RECENTLY REPORTED BY A NOAA HURRICANE
HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS  967 MB...28.56 INCHES.
 
DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP CURRENTS...CAUSED BY LARGE SWELLS GENERATED
BY HURRICANE JEANNE...ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S.
COAST AND THE NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL BAHAMAS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...26.1 N... 69.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...100 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 967 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 11 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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