[FLARES] HURRICANE WANDA ADVISORY NUMBER 7

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HURRICANE WANDA ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT WED MAY 19 2004

THIS IS AN EXERCISE MESSAGE.  REPEATING, THIS IS AN EXERCISE MESSAGE.

.. DRILL! WANDA CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN... WINDS INCREASING OVER THE FLORIDA KEYS... CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE OVER SOUTH FLORIDA ON THURSDAY... 
 
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF FLORIDA CITY AROUND THE FLORIDA PENINSULA TO BOCA GRANDE.  THIS INCLUDES ALL OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AND THE DRY TORTUGAS.  A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT NORTH OF BOCA GRANDE TO LONGBOAT KEY.

A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM FLORIDA CITY TO JUPITER INLET ON THE FLORIDA EAST COAST AND FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE.  A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT NORTH OF JUPITER INLET TO FLAGLER BEACH.  

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN CUBA INCLUDING THE
PROVINCES OF PINAR DEL RIO... HAVANA... AND CIUDAD HAVANA.

THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA HAS DISCONTINUED THE HURRICANE WARNINGS FOR THE PROVINCE OF MATANZAS AND THE ISLE OF YOUTH.
 
INTERESTS ON THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA SHOULD CONTINUE
TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF WANDA.
 
AT 11 PM EDT... 0300 UTC... THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WANDA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 23.4 NORTH... LONGITUDE  82.6 WEST OR ABOUT 95 MILES... 153 KM... SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA.
 
WANDA HAS MOVED SLOWLY AND ERRATICALLY DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS.  A
NORTHWARD MOTION NEAR 8 MPH... 13 KM/HR IS EXPECTED TO RESUME EARLY THURSDAY.  ON THIS TRACK... THE CENTER OF WANDA WILL BE NEAR THE FLORIDA KEYS ON THURSDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 90 MPH... 145 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING COULD OCCUR DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES... 48 KM... FROM THE CENTER... AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 115 MILES... 185 KM.  SOMBRERO KEY LIGHT RECENTLY REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS TO 45 MPH AND A GUST TO 53 MPH.  SAND KEY REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 42 MPH AND A GUST TO 55 MPH.
 
A NOAA PLANE RECENTLY REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 975
MB... 28.79 INCHES.
 
A STORM SURGE OF 5 TO 7 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS EXPECTED IN
THE WARNING AREA OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL
TIDE LEVELS IN THE FLORIDA KEYS AND FLORIDA BAY.
 
HEAVY RAINS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS... ARE
POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH WANDA.
REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION... 23.4 N...  82.6 W.  MOVEMENT
SLOW AND ERRATIC.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...  90 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE...  975 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.
 
PASCH



THIS IS AN EXERCISE MESSAGE.  REPEATING, THIS IS AN EXERCISE MESSAGE.
THIS IS AN EXERCISE MESSAGE.  REPEATING, THIS IS AN EXERCISE MESSAGE.

For graphical APRS plots of the Forecast see:
http://wxsvr.net/tmp/ui_cap.png
http://wxsvr.net/tmp/snapshot.png

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