[FLARES] SFL SET Info.

Jim Goldsberry [email protected]
Thu, 06 Jun 2002 06:02:26 +0000


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

BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM WENDY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 1A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM EDT THR JUN 06 2002

...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.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS
ALSO IN EFFECT 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.

AT 2 AM EDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM WENDY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 22.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  74.0 WEST OR NEAR CROOKED
ISLAND IN THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS.  THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 455
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 TODAY.

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 1004 MB...29.65 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 2 AM EDT POSITION...22.6 N... 74.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 45 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 5 AM EDT...THURSDAY.

FORCASTER PASCH

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

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