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BULLETIN
HURRICANE WANDA ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT THU MAY 20 2004

THIS IS AN EXERCISE MESSAGE.  REPEATING, THIS IS AN EXERCISE MESSAGE.
 
..DRILL! WANDA NOW STRONG CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE... ALL PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION IN THE WARNING AREAS...

..HURRICANE WARNINGS EXTENDED NORTHWARD ALONG FLORIDA EAST COAST...

..TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND HURRICANE WATCH FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND GEORGIA COASTAL WATERS...

AT 5 AM EDT... 0900 UTC... A HURRICANE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT NORTH OF JUPITER INLET TO FLAGLER BEACH FOR DETERIORATING CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.

AT 5 AM EDT... 0900 UTC... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND HURRICANE WATCH ARE NOW IN EFFECT NORTH OF FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA TO BRUNSWICK GEORGIA.

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS 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 WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT NORTH OF BOCA GRANDE TO LONGBOAT KEY.

A HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FROM FLORIDA CITY TO JUPITER INLET ON THE FLORIDA EAST COAST AND FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE.  

THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA HAS DISCONTINUED ALL WARNINGS FOR CUBA.
 
INTERESTS ON THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA SHOULD CONTINUE
TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF WANDA.
 
AT 5 AM EDT... 0900 UTC... THE EYE OF HURRICANE WANDA WAS LOCATED 
NEAR LATITUDE 24.1 NORTH... LONGITUDE  82.2 WEST OR ABOUT 40 MILES... 64 KM... SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA.
 
WANDA IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR  8 MPH... 13 KM/HR... AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS MOTION WOULD BRING THE CENTER NEAR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS LATER THIS MORNING. DO NOT FOCUS ON THE PRECISE LOCATION AND TRACK OF THE CENTER.  THE HURRICANES DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND RAIN COVER A WIDE SWATH.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  110 MPH... 177 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  35 MILES... 56 KM... FROM THE CENTER... AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140
MILES... 225 KM.  KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RECENTLY REPORTED 58 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS WITH A GUST TO 71 MPH.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 960 MB... 28.35 INCHES.
A STORM SURGE OF 6 TO 8 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS EXPECTED IN
THE WARNING AREA OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND 5 TO 7 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.

THERE IS A RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA
AND THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION... 24.1 N...  82.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD... NORTH NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...  110 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...  960 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 8 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM
EDT.
 
BEVEN/GUINEY



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

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http://wxsvr.net/tmp/snapshot.png

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