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Hurricane JEANNE (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM JEANNE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  53A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
8 PM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004
 
...JEANNE SLOWLY WEAKENING AS IT MOVES OVER THE NORTHWESTERN 
FLORIDA PENINSULA...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ON THE ATLANTIC COAST
FROM NORTH OF COCOA BEACH TO THE SAVANNAH RIVER...AND ON THE GULF
COAST FROM NORTH OF ENGLEWOOD TO DESTIN.
 
AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JEANNE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.4 NORTH... LONGITUDE 82.7 WEST OR ABOUT 
10 MILES SOUTH OF BRONSON FLORIDA. THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 30 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF GAINESVILLE FLORIDA.
 
JEANNE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...AND A
GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH IS EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY
MORNING.  ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF JEANNE SHOULD MOVE INTO
SOUTHERN GEORGIA MONDAY MORNING.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  55 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
FURTHER WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND JEANNE
WILL PROBABLY BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON MONDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES FROM THE
CENTER.  DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS...THE FOLLWING WIND GUSTS HAVE
OCCURRED ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH FLORIDA...69 MPH AT BOTH THE ST.
AUGUSTINE C-MAN STATION AND THE FLORIDA COASTAL MONITORING PROGRAM
TOWER IN GAINESVILLE...66 MPH AT CEDAR KEY...62 MPH AT CROSS CITY
...56 MPH AT THE ST. AUGUSTINE AIRPORT...AND 52 MPH AT ST.
PETERSBURG.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  978 MB...28.88 INCHES.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS
BATTERING WAVES...WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST
COAST.
 
TIDES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA
ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST....AND HIGHER AT THE HEADS OF BAYS.
TIDES COULD POSSIBLY REACH 3 TO 6 FEET IN AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW
NORTH OF TAMPA BAY.
 
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS
...ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE PATH OF JEANNE.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN FLORIDA
PENINSULA AND SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM EDT POSITION...29.4 N... 82.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 
55 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 978 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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