[FLARES] HURRICANE WANDA ADVISORY NUMBER 14

Fri May 21 17:00:07 EDT 2004

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HURRICANE WANDA ADVISORY NUMBER  14
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT FRI MAY 21 2004

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

.. DRILL! WANDA MOVING NORTHEASTWARD...

.. HURRICANE WARNINGS DOWNGRADED TO TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS...

AT 5 PM EDT... 2100 UTC... THE HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT NORTH OF JUPITER INLET TO FLAGLER BEACH HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING BUT WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER THIS EVENING.

AT 5 PM EDT... 2100 UTC... THE HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF FLAGLER BEACH TO JUST SOUTH OF BRUNSWICK GEORGIA HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AS WANDA CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE U.S. MAINLAND.

AT 5 PM EDT... 2100 UTC... THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR BIMINI... GRAND BAHAMA... AND ABACO ISLANDS IN THE BAHAMAS HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.

AT 5 PM EDT... 2100 UTC... THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM JUPITER INLET TO HALLANDALE ON THE FLORIDA EAST COAST AND FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.

A HURRICANE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FROM BRUNSWICK GEORGIA TO CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING PAMLICO SOUND.

ALL INTEREST ELSEWHERE SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.

AT 5 PM EDT... 2100 UTC... THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WANDA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.9 NORTH... LONGITUDE 79.0 WEST OR ABOUT 100 MILES... 161 KM... NORTH NORTHWEST OF GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND.

WANDA IS MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST NEAR 13 MPH... 21 KM/HR... AND AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS LIKELY LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 105 MPH... 169 KM/HR WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME INCREASE IN STRENGTH IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS THE CENTER CONTINUES TO MOVE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE COAST.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES... 113 KM... AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES... 282 KM. 

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A NOAA RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS 960 MB... 28.35 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION... 28.9 N...  79.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD... NORTHEAST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...  105 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...  960 MB.

THE NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 8 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM EDT.

AVILA

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

Graphical output of Predicted positions killed after 21/1500z due to
proximity of plots to real severe weather possibility in NorthEastern US

Sent by Wxsvr in support of the South Florida Section SET 2004