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| #150040 (Received by flhurricane at: 7:43 AM 09.Sep.2007) TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER 7 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072007 800 AM EDT SUN SEP 09 2007 ...GABRIELLE STRENGTHENS AS IT NEARS THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST... REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT GABRIELLE HAS STRENGTHENED A LITTLE MORE. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SURF CITY NORTH CAROLINA NORTHWARD TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA FOR THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF NEW POINT COMFORT. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 800 AM EDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 76.4 WEST OR ABOUT 30 MILES... 50 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH CAROLINA. GABRIELLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR. GABRIELLE IS EXPECTED TO TURN TO THE NORTH LATER TODAY AND THEN TO THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF GABRIELLE WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE OUTER BANKS THIS AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...OVER A VERY SMALL AREA NEAR THE CENTER. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE IN THE FEW REMAINING HOURS PRIOR TO LANDFALL. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES...75 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 3 FEET IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA AS GABRIELLE PASSES NEAR OR OVER THE COAST. GABRIELLE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE OUTER BANKS TODAY. REPEATING THE 800 AM EDT POSITION...34.2 N...76.4 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 AM EDT. $$ FORECASTER FRANKLIN |
