[FLARES] HURRICANE WANDA ADVISORY NUMBER 15

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HURRICANE WANDA ADVISORY NUMBER  15
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT FRI MAY 21 2004

THIS IS AN EXERCISE MESSAGE.  REPEATING, THIS IS AN EXERCISE MESSAGE.
 
..DRILL! WANDA CONTINUES MOVING NORTHEASTWARD...

.. HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT FOR BERMUDA...

AT 11 PM EDT... 0300 UTC... THE GOVERNMENT OF BERMUDA HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WATCH FOR BERMUDA.

AT 11 PM EDT... 0300 UTC... THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WANDA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE 78.0 WEST OR ABOUT 750 MILES... 1200 KM... SOUTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
 
WANDA IS NOW MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST NEAR 16 MPH... 26 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 AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS 959 MB... 28.35 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION... 29.5 N...  78.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD... NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...  105 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...  960 MB.
 
THE NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 2 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM EDT... SATURDAY.
 
JARVINEN

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

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