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HURRICANE FLORENCE ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT TUE SEP 12 2000

...FLORENCE BECOMES A HURRICANE...THE THIRD OF THE SEASON...BUT IS
NO THREAT TO LAND...
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLORENCE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  73.5 WEST OR ABOUT 330 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS...AND 530 MILES...855 KM...WEST OF
BERMUDA.
 
FLORENCE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR  3 MPH...6 KM/HR.  THE
MOTION OF FLORENCE WILL BE SLOW AND ERRATIC OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  A SMALL INCREASE IN STRENGTH IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  25 MILES... 35 KM...
MAINLY EAST OF THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM.
 
AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT REPORTED A MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE OF  987 MB...29.15 INCHES EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...30.8 N... 73.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  3 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 987 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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