[FLARES] HURRICANE WANDA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 9A

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HURRICANE WANDA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  9A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM EDT THU MAY 20 2004

THIS IS AN EXERCISE MESSAGE.  REPEATING, THIS IS AN EXERCISE MESSAGE.
 
.. DRILL! DANGEROUS HURRICANE WANDA APPROACHING THE LOWER SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST... TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... WITH GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE... SPREADING THROUGH DADE AND BROWARD COUNTY... 

.. ALL PREPARATIONS IN THE WARNING AREAS SHOULD NOW BE COMPLETE...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR BIMINI... GRAND BAHAMA... AND ABACO ISLANDS IN THE BAHAMAS AND WILL LIKELY BE UPGRADED TO A HURRICANE WARNING LATER TODAY.

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 IS IN EFFECT FROM FLORIDA CITY TO JUPITER INLET ON THE FLORIDA EAST COAST AND FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE.  A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT NORTH OF JUPITER INLET TO FLAGLER BEACH FOR WORSENING CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT NORTH OF FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA TO BRUNSWICK GEORGIA.

INTERESTS ON THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA SHOULD CONTINUE
TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF WANDA.

AT 2 PM EDT... 1800 UTC... THE EYE OF HURRICANE WANDA WAS LOCATED BY
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT NEAR LATITUDE 25.1 NORTH... LONGITUDE  81.3
WEST... OR ABOUT 25 MILES... 40 KM... WEST-SOUTHWEST OF FLAMINGO FLORIDA.
 
WANDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR  10 MPH... 16 KM/HR... AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER OF WANDA WILL REACH THE LOWER SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  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 REMAIN NEAR 115 MPH... 185 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN INTENSITY IS LIKELY PRIOR TO LANDFALL.  WITHIN THE PAST TWO HOURS A SUSTAINED WIND OF 112 MPH WAS REPORTED AT KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITH A GUST OF 127 MPH.  WITHIN THE PAST HOUR A GUST TO 99 MPH WAS REPORTED AT FLAMINGO. A GUST TO 77 MPH WAS RECENTLY REPORTED AT HOMESTEAD.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES... 72 KM... FROM THE CENTER... AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175
MILES... 282 KM.  
 
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE RECENTLY REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 949 MB... 28.02 INCHES.
A STORM SURGE OF 8 TO 10 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS EXPECTED IN
THE WARNING AREA OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA... AND 6 TO 8 FEET IN THE
FLORIDA KEYS AND FLORIDA BAY.  THERE ARE REPORTS THAT PORTIONS OF U.S. 1 WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE ARE UNDER WATER.

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS... ARE ASSOCIATED WITH WANDA.

THERE IS A RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA
AND THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY. 
 
REPEATING THE 2 PM EDT POSITION... 25.1 N...  81.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD... NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR  10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...  115 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...  949 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 5 PM EDT.
 
FRANKLIN



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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