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| #150081 (Received by flhurricane at: 2:03 PM 09.Sep.2007) TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 8A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072007 200 PM EDT SUN SEP 09 2007 ...GABRIELLE MOVING OVER EXTREME EASTERN 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 200 PM EDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 76.3 WEST OR ALONG THE NORTH COAST OF THE PAMLICO SOUND AND ABOUT 45 MILES...75 KM... WEST-NORTHWEST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA. GABRIELLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 12 MPH...17 KM/HR...AND IS EXPECTED TO TURN NORTHEASTWARD LATER TODAY. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF GABRIELLE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN BACK OVER THE ATLANTIC EARLY TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A WIND GUST TO 49 MPH WAS RECENTLY REPORTED NEAR OCRACOKE AND A WIND GUST TO 45 MPH WAS RECENTLY OBSERVED AT CAPE HATTERAS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES...75 KM FROM THE CENTER...MAINLY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 3 FEET IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA TODAY. 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 200 PM EDT POSITION...35.3 N...76.3 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 500 PM EDT. $$ FORECASTER BROWN/KNABB |
