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Hurricane FLORENCE (Text)

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HURRICANE FLORENCE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  32A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL062006
200 PM AST MON SEP 11 2006
 
...FLORENCE BEGINNING TO MOVE AWAY FROM BERMUDA...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA.  
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 200 PM AST...1800Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLORENCE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 65.3 WEST OR ABOUT
90 MILES...150 KM...NORTH-NORTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
 
FLORENCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR
...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH SOME INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  THE CENTER OF FLORENCE IS
BEGINNING TO MOVE AWAY FROM BERMUDA...AND CONDITIONS THERE SHOULD
START IMPROVING LATER THIS AFTERNOON. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 90 MPH...150 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  FLORENCE IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE.  NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED THROUGH
TONIGHT.  THE BERMUDA AIRPORT RECENTLY REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 
78 MPH...126 KM/HR.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 290
MILES...465 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 972 MB...28.70 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE VALUES OF 6 TO 8 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS ALONG
WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES ARE LIKELY ALONG THE COAST
OF BERMUDA TODAY.  THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN SUBSIDING
TONIGHT.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN
BERMUDA IN ASSOCIATION WITH FLORENCE.
 
LARGE OCEAN SWELLS AND DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS... INCLUDING STRONG
RIP CURRENTS... ARE AFFECTING THE BAHAMAS AND PORTIONS OF THE EAST
COAST OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CANADIAN MARITIMES.  SEE
STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES FOR DETAILS ON
COASTAL CONDITIONS.
 
REPEATING THE 200 PM AST POSITION...33.6 N...65.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...
90 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...972 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BROWN/PASCH
 
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