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CHARLEY BECOMES A (CATEGORY 4 Now!!) HURRICANE (18 ft. storm surge)
NHC ^ | 08-13-2004 | Forecaster Lawrence

Posted on 08/13/2004 10:08:09 AM PDT by Jeff400000

000 WTNT33 KNHC 131655 TCPAT3 BULLETIN HURRICANE CHARLEY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 17A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004

...CHARLEY STRENGTHENS AS IT HEADS TOWARD FLORIDA WEST COAST...

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS FROM THE DRY TORTUGAS TO THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE...AND FOR THE FLORIDA WEST COAST FROM EAST CAPE SABLE NORTHWARD TO THE STEINHATCHEE RIVER. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.

THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE FLORIDA AND GEORGIA COASTS WERE RECENTLY EXTENDED SOUTHWARD TO JUPITER INLET FLORIDA AND ARE NOW IN EFFECT FROM THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA TO JUPITER INLET. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS FROM THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO OCEAN REEF...AND ALONG THE SOUTH FLORIDA MAINLAND FROM OCEAN REEF TO EAST CAPE SABLE...INCLUDING FLORIDA BAY AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE.

A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA NORTHWARD TO THE SAVANNAH RIVER NEAR THE GEORGIA/SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. COAST FROM OCEAN REEF NORTHWARD TO SOUTH OF COCOA BEACH AND FROM THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER NORTHWARD TO OREGON INLET NORTH CAROLINA INCLUDING PAMLICO SOUND.

AT 1 PM EDT...1700Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CHARLEY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.5 WEST OR ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF FORT MYERS FLORIDA.

CHARLEY IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE HURRICANE SHOULD REACH THE COAST IN THE VICINITY OF CHARLOTTE HARBOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

RECENT REPORTS FROM A RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 125 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...CATEGORY THREE ON THE SAFFIR/SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. THESE STRONGEST WINDS ARE CONFINED TO A SMALL AREA WITHIN A FEW MILES FROM CHARLEYS CENTER.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES... 45 KM... FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 964 MB...28.46 INCHES.

STORM SURGE FLOODING IN THE FLORIDA KEYS WILL BE SUBSIDING LATER TODAY. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 10 TO 13 FEET IS EXPECTED NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE FLORIDA WEST COAST. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4 TO 7 FEET ALONG AND NEAR THE GEORGIA COAST IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH LESSER FLOODING TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY ALONG CHARLEYS PATH ACROSS THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL FLORIDA INCLUDING THE FLORIDA KEYS TODAY.

REPEATING THE 1 PM EDT POSITION...25.7 N... 82.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...125 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 964 MB.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 3 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 PM EDT.

FORECASTER LAWRENCE


TOPICS: Breaking News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: bush43; charley; charlie; elections; fl; florida; hugelosses; hurricane; hurricanecharley; hurricanecharlie; jeb; jebbush; politics; weather
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To: Constitution Day
I hate you.

Yeah, but your post number is a palindrome!

1,021 posted on 08/13/2004 1:11:49 PM PDT by SuperSonic (R)
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To: cwiz24

south shore of long island.


1,022 posted on 08/13/2004 1:11:49 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: mhking

At least they'll have the camera on when he buys it...


1,023 posted on 08/13/2004 1:12:05 PM PDT by Damocles (sword of...)
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To: cwiz24

I was in Framingham during Gloria. It was eerie. We didn't have power for a week and lost cable for a month.


1,024 posted on 08/13/2004 1:12:07 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Rick Nash will score 50 goals this season ( if there is a season)
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To: md2576

Youre right, storm surges for a Cat 5 are usually above 18 ft.


1,025 posted on 08/13/2004 1:12:07 PM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: SuperSonic

A man, a plan a canal: Panama!


1,026 posted on 08/13/2004 1:12:30 PM PDT by Constitution Day (;^))
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To: RedBloodedAmerican

Good thinkin...


1,027 posted on 08/13/2004 1:12:31 PM PDT by ApesForEvolution (DemocRATS are communists and want to destroy America only to replace it with the USSA)
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To: oceanview

I remember that. During the eye, we were all out walking around. A man a few blocks from me was killed - when the winds started up again, a tree branch fell on him.


1,028 posted on 08/13/2004 1:12:41 PM PDT by I still care (Have you heard about the Democrat cocktail? It's ketchup with a chaser.)
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To: oceanview
correct. Orlando is going to get it worse then Tampa.

Yep, with the advancing front from the North, there are going to be some serious tornados.

1,029 posted on 08/13/2004 1:12:51 PM PDT by dfwgator (It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
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To: Howlin
I sincerely hope this won't turn out to be another Fran.

My whole family lives in Jacksonville and it looks like it's headed up their way too.

MKM

1,030 posted on 08/13/2004 1:13:01 PM PDT by mykdsmom (Kerry/Edwards: When you're as full of sh!t as these guys, you need 2 Johns!)
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To: 2nd amendment mama

I thoughtI heard earlier voluntary evacuations for SC.


1,031 posted on 08/13/2004 1:13:08 PM PDT by Howlin (Kerry being called a war hero is "a colloquialism.")
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To: Damocles

Cape Coral 90mph gusts!


1,032 posted on 08/13/2004 1:13:20 PM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: mykdsmom

Yes, it does.


1,033 posted on 08/13/2004 1:13:36 PM PDT by Howlin (Kerry being called a war hero is "a colloquialism.")
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To: Constitution Day
A man, a plan a canal: Panama!

Sounds like Jimmy Carter.

1,034 posted on 08/13/2004 1:13:36 PM PDT by SuperSonic (R)
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To: gopwinsin04

Yoink!!


1,035 posted on 08/13/2004 1:13:36 PM PDT by Damocles (sword of...)
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To: Damocles

Looking for glory to join the Meteorologist's Martyrs Club (MMC)...this is the day to do it.


1,036 posted on 08/13/2004 1:13:38 PM PDT by ApesForEvolution (DemocRATS are communists and want to destroy America only to replace it with the USSA)
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To: Constitution Day

Did you guys cancel your trip to Wilmington?


1,037 posted on 08/13/2004 1:13:38 PM PDT by mykdsmom (Kerry/Edwards: When you're as full of sh!t as these guys, you need 2 Johns!)
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To: mykdsmom

I'm going to get some gas........LOL.


1,038 posted on 08/13/2004 1:13:50 PM PDT by Howlin (Kerry being called a war hero is "a colloquialism.")
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To: gopwinsin04

"This branch just fell on me..."


1,039 posted on 08/13/2004 1:14:14 PM PDT by mhking
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To: SuperSonic

just talked to the woman reporter from the Cape at a fire station; the door on the front of the station buckled and came in as well as parts of the roof started to fall.


1,040 posted on 08/13/2004 1:14:19 PM PDT by WoodstockCat
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