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| #150107 (Received by flhurricane at: 4:55 PM 09.Sep.2007) TCPAT2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE ADVISORY NUMBER 9 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072007 500 PM EDT SUN SEP 09 2007 ...GABRIELLE BECOMING LESS ORGANIZED OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.... ...STILL PRODUCING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OVER PORTIONS OF THE OUTER BANKS... 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 500 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE WAS LOCATED INLAND NEAR LATITUDE 35.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 76.1 WEST OR ABOUT 30 MILES...50 KM...SOUTHWEST OF KILL DEVIL HILLS NORTH CAROLINA AND ABOUT 45 MILES...75 KM...NORTHWEST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA. GABRIELLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...AND A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. ON THIS TRACK... THE CENTER OF GABRIELLE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND THEN MOVE BACK OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SLIGHT WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A WIND GUST TO 51 MPH WAS RECENTLY OBSERVED AT CAPE HATTERAS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM... MAINLY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. 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...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES. REPEATING THE 500 PM EDT POSITION...35.7 N...76.1 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1100 PM EDT. $$ FORECASTER BROWN/KNABB |
