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| #150061 (Received by flhurricane at: 10:57 AM 09.Sep.2007) TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE ADVISORY NUMBER 8 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072007 1100 AM EDT SUN SEP 09 2007 ...GABRIELLE ABOUT TO MAKE LANDFALL IN NORTH CAROLINA... 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 1100 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 76.3 WEST OR ABOUT 20 MILES... 30 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH CAROLINA. GABRIELLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR. GABRIELLE IS EXPECTED TO TURN NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD LATER TODAY AND THEN TO THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF GABRIELLE WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA OUTER BANKS THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN BACK OVER THE ATLANTIC TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...OVER A SMALL AREA NEAR THE CENTER. SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE AS GABRIELLE PASSES OVER THE OUTER BANKS TODAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES...75 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE JUST REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 3 FEET IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA AS GABRIELLE PASSES OVER THE OUTER BANKS. GABRIELLE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE OUTER BANKS AND SOUNDS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA...NEAR THE NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA BORDER. THERE IS A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED TORNADOES OVER THE OUTER BANKS TODAY. REPEATING THE 1100 AM EDT POSITION...34.7 N...76.3 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 500 PM EDT. $$ FORECASTER BROWN/KNABB |
