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| #4888 (Received by flhurricane at: 5:13 PM 13.Aug.2004) TCPAT3 BULLETIN HURRICANE CHARLEY ADVISORY NUMBER 19 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 5 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 ...CHARLEY MAKES LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE NEAR CHARLOTTE HARBOR FLORIDA... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST CAPE SABLE NORTHWARD TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER ON THE FLORIDA WEST COAST AND FROM COCOA BEACH FLORIDA TO CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH CAROLINA ON THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM JUPITER INLET TO COCOA BEACH FLORIDA...AND FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE. AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM CAPE LOOKOUT TO CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA INCLUDING PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS AND FOR CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF SMITH POINT. ELSEWHERE...ALL WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED. AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CHARLEY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.2 WEST OR ABOUT 30 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF FT. MYERS FLORIDA. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 115 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ORLANDO. CHARLEY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 22 MPH AND A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE FORECAST TRACK MOVES CHARLEY ACROSS FLORIDA AND OFF THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA COAST OVERNIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 140 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HOWEVER HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS FLORIDA NEAR THE PATH OF THE CENTER OF THE HURRICANE. AT 432 PM EDT...PUNTA GORDA FLORIDA REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 87 MPH WITH A GUST TO 109 MPH. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES. THE LAST PRESSURE MEASURED BY THE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 941 MB...27.79 INCHES. STORM SURGE FLOODING IN THE FLORIDA KEYS IS SUBSIDING. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 10 TO 15 FEET IS OCCURING NEAR AND SOUTH OF WHERE THE CENTER MOVED INLAND. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4 TO 7 FEET IS EXPECTED ALONG THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND GEORGIA COASTS WITH LESSER FLOODING TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY ALONG CHARLEYS PATH ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA TONIGHT. REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...26.9 N... 82.2 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 22 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...140 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 941 MB. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. INTERMEDIATE ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 7 PM EDT AND 9 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM EDT. FORECASTER LAWRENCE |
