[FLARES] SFL Section SET

[Jim Goldsberry]

THIS IS AN EXERCISE MESSAGE FOR THE SFL SECTION SET.  REPEATING, THIS IS AN 
EXERCISE MESSAGE.

BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM WENDY SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1130 PM EDT WED JUN 05 2002

...TROPICAL STORM WENDY FORMS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND WATCH ISSUED FOR THE BAHAMAS AND
TROPICAL STORM WATCH ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN PORTION OF FLORIDA...

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS INCLUDING ACKLINS AND CROOKED
ISLANDS...RAGGED ISLAND...LONG ISLAND...EXUMA ISLAND...SAN
SALVADOR...CAT ISLAND...AND ANDROS ISLAND...AND A TROPICAL STORM
WATCH FOR THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS INCLUDING BIMINI...NEW PROVIDENCE
...ELEUTHERA...GRAND BAHAMA...AND ABACO...ALL EFFECTIVE AT 1130 PM
EDT...0330Z.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED EFFECTIVE
AT 1130 PM EDT FOR THE FLORIDA EAST COAST SOUTHWARD FROM SEBASTIAN
INLET THROUGH THE FLORIDA KEYS INCLUDING DRY TORTUGAS AND FLORIDA
BAY...AND FOR THE FLORIDA WEST COAST SOUTHWARD FROM VENICE.

HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT AND SHIP REPORTS LATE THIS EVENING
INDICATE THAT THE STRONG TROPICAL WAVE TO THE NORTH OF HISPANIOLA
HAS BECOME TROPICAL STORM WENDY.  AT 1130 PM EDT...0330Z...THE CENTER
OF WENDY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  73.8 WEST
OR NEAR CROOKED ISLAND IN THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS.  THIS POSITION
IS ALSO ABOUT 465 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF MIAMI.

WENDY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...AND
LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES
...280 KM MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.

LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT WAS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.

SMALL CRAFT IN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.
ALL INTERESTS IN THE BAHAMAS...THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA...AND
CUBA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM. SPECIFIC ADVICE FOR
FLORIDA INTERESTS CAN BE FOUND IN STATEMENTS ISSUED BY LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES.

REPEATING THE 1130 PM EDT POSITION...22.6 N... 73.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 45 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 2 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM
EDT...THURSDAY.

FORCASTER RAPPAPORT


THIS IS AN EXERCISE MESSAGE FOR THE SFL SECTION SET.  REPEATING, THIS IS AN 
EXERCISE MESSAGE.

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