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Hurricane FLORENCE (Text)

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HURRICANE FLORENCE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  33A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL062006
800 PM AST MON SEP 11 2006
 
...FLORENCE MOVING AWAY FROM BERMUDA...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA.  THIS
WARNING COULD BE DISCONTINUED LATER THIS EVENING.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 800 PM AST...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLORENCE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 35.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 64.4 WEST OR ABOUT 195 MILES...
315 KM...NORTH OF BERMUDA.
 
FLORENCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 16 MPH...26
KM/HR.  THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 85 MPH...140 KM/HR...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  FLORENCE IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.  FURTHER WEAKENING IS LIKELY OVERNIGHT.  
 
FLORENCE IS A LARGE HURRICANE.  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.  WINDS
AT BERMUDA WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 974 MB...28.76 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGES AND WAVES ALONG THE COAST OF BERMUDA WILL CONTINUE TO
GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT.
 
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 800 PM AST POSITION...35.2 N...64.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...974 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE/AVILA
 
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