[FLARES] HURRICANE WANDA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 10

Thu May 20 17:00:28 EDT 2004

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BULLETIN
HURRICANE WANDA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT THU MAY 20 2004

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

..DRILL! DANGEROUS HURRICANE WANDA NOW INLAND OVER THE LOWER SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST... HURRICANE CONDITIONS... BEGINNING TO SPREAD ACROSS DADE AND BROWARD COUNTY... 

..HURRICANE WARNINGS NOW IN EFFECT FOR BIMINI... GRAND BAHAMA... AND ABACO ISLANDS IN THE BAHAMAS...

AT 5 PM EDT...2100 UTC... HURRICANE WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT FOR BIMINI... GRAND BAHAMA... AND ABACO ISLANDS IN THE BAHAMAS FOR WORSENING CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.

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 DETERIORATING CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS 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 5 PM EDT... 2100 UTC... THE EYE OF HURRICANE WANDA WAS LOCATED BY
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT NEAR LATITUDE 25.6 NORTH... LONGITUDE  81.0
WEST... OR ABOUT 25 MILES... 40 KM... NORTH-NORTHEAST 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 CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA OVER 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 ARE REMAIN NEAR 115 MPH... 185 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  DUE TO THE FLAT TERRAIN OF THE EVERGLADES ONLY SLIGHT WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS WANDA CROSSES THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA.  WITHIN THE PAST TWO HOURS AN AUTOMATED STATION AT FLAMINGO REPORTED A SUSTAINED WIND OF 110 MPH.  WITHIN THE PAST HOUR A GUST TO 90 MPH WAS REPORTED AT HOMESTEAD AIR RESERVE BASE.  A GUST TO 87 MPH WAS RECENTLY REPORTED BY AN AUTOMATED REPORTING STATION AT NAPLES.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES... 72 KM/HR... FROM THE CENTER... AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175
MILES... 282 KM.  

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE EARLIER 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 NOW OCCURRING  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 5 PM EDT POSITION... 25.6 N...  81.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD... NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR  10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...  115 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...  949 MB.

THE NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 8 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.

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

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