000 WTNT32 KNHC 092343 TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 9A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072007 800 PM EDT SUN SEP 09 2007 ...GABRIELLE ABOUT TO EMERGE INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN... ...STILL PRODUCING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OVER PORTIONS OF THE OUTER BANKS... AT 8 PM EDT...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED SOUTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH CAROLINA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH CAROLINA TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE PAMLICO AND ALBERMARLE 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 800 PM EDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 36.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 75.8 WEST OR ABOUT 8 MILES...13 KM...WEST OF KILL DEVIL HILLS NORTH CAROLINA AND ABOUT 55 MILES...90 KM...NORTH-NORTHWEST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA. GABRIELLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER WILL BE MOVING BACK OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS IN A FEW HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A WIND GUST TO 52 MPH WAS RECENTLY REPORTED FROM FRISCO PIER NORTH CAROLINA. 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 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 3 FEET IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. 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 800 PM EDT POSITION...36.0 N...75.8 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 PM EDT. $$ FORECASTER BLAKE/PASCH