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WTNT32 KNHC 092053
TCPAT2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL072007
500 PM EDT SUN SEP 09 2007

...GABRIELLE BECOMING LESS ORGANIZED OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA....
...STILL PRODUCING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OVER PORTIONS OF THE
OUTER BANKS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SURF CITY NORTH
CAROLINA NORTHWARD TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE
PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA
FOR THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF NEW POINT COMFORT.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 500 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE WAS
LOCATED INLAND NEAR LATITUDE 35.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 76.1 WEST OR
ABOUT 30 MILES...50 KM...SOUTHWEST OF KILL DEVIL HILLS NORTH
CAROLINA AND ABOUT 45 MILES...75 KM...NORTHWEST OF CAPE HATTERAS
NORTH CAROLINA.
 
GABRIELLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND
A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED TONIGHT.  ON THIS TRACK...
THE CENTER OF GABRIELLE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS EXTREME
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND THEN MOVE BACK
OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS TONIGHT. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SLIGHT WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  A
WIND GUST TO 51 MPH WAS RECENTLY OBSERVED AT CAPE HATTERAS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM...
MAINLY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 3 FEET IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE
WARNING AREA TODAY.
 
GABRIELLE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1
TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE OUTER BANKS AND SOUNDS OF EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 500 PM EDT POSITION...35.7 N...76.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 800 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1100
PM EDT.
 
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FORECASTER BROWN/KNABB