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#34576 (Received by flhurricane at: 10:52 PM 21.Jul.2005) TCPAT1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN ADVISORY NUMBER 3 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 11 PM EDT THU JUL 21 2005 ...FRANKLIN VERY NEAR ELEUTHERA AND GREAT ABACO IN THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS FOR ELEUTHERA... NEW PROVIDENCE... THE BERRY ISLANDS... THE ABACOS... AND GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRANKLIN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.1 NORTH... LONGITUDE 76.3 WEST OR ABOUT 100 MILES... 165 KM... NORTHEAST OF NASSAU IN THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS. FRANKLIN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH ...20 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT... FOLLOWED BY A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. FRANKLIN IS A SMALL SYSTEM... WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTENDING OUTWARD UP TO 40 MILES... 65 KM... MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES. FRANKLIN COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OVER THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...26.1 N... 76.3 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 45 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 2 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM EDT. FORECASTER KNABB |