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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
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To: cwiz24

Eye is heading directly up Charlotte Harbor.


981 posted on 08/13/2004 1:07:01 PM PDT by mhking
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To: mhking

We got a four minute special report at 4:00 with Scott Pelley at the anchor desk. Then back to Oprah.


982 posted on 08/13/2004 1:07:22 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Rick Nash will score 50 goals this season ( if there is a season)
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To: gopwinsin04

uper atmosphere winds were at 165 that means ground winds of 145 so no its still only a 4.


983 posted on 08/13/2004 1:07:30 PM PDT by md2576 (Freep On!)
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To: commish

Downtown Punta Gorda could be 10 FEET underwater!


984 posted on 08/13/2004 1:07:33 PM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: Petronski
No, not even in Phase 2. There ARE NO CONDOS IN DEL BOCA VISTA!!!
985 posted on 08/13/2004 1:07:55 PM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs (Yep, Laura Bush mispronounced my name, but I got over it.)
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To: Howlin
Do you have a clue where it will exit Florida??

It is now projected to go through Orlando and Exit at Daytona Beach.

They just shifted the path over Orlando slightly west, right over Seminole County where I live.

986 posted on 08/13/2004 1:08:04 PM PDT by Dont_Tread_On_Me_888
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To: mystery-ak

The wind speed recorded on the island is just horrendous.

I hope it is standing.....


987 posted on 08/13/2004 1:08:12 PM PDT by rwfromkansas (BYPASS FORCED WEB REGISTRATION! **** http://www.bugmenot.com ****)
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To: cwiz24

the eye of hurricane Gloria passed right over us, we went down to the beach, the surf was amazing, clear sky, sunshine, for that period of time when the eye was over us.


988 posted on 08/13/2004 1:08:18 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: gopwinsin04

The canal system in Punta Gorda is under direct threat...


989 posted on 08/13/2004 1:08:27 PM PDT by Damocles (sword of...)
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To: Peach; 2ndMostConservativeBrdMember; Al B.; alancarp; AntiGuv; boomop1; Carolina; Carolinamom; ...

Just announced: evacuation of North Carolina beaches by 9 PM tonight.


990 posted on 08/13/2004 1:08:29 PM PDT by Howlin (Kerry being called a war hero is "a colloquialism.")
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To: mhking

Charlotta Harbor 76 mph winds..


991 posted on 08/13/2004 1:08:43 PM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: r9etb

Well, I don't want to call and tell her that....


992 posted on 08/13/2004 1:08:51 PM PDT by mystery-ak (The most dangerous place in the world...between Moore and Ronstadt in the buffet line!)
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To: ex 98C MI Dude; jpsb
He'll have more energy to reform and become even more dangerous to the Carolinas and points north.

I think you're could be right. But, speaking for Virginia, we'd just as soon it head on to the east of us...

993 posted on 08/13/2004 1:09:10 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (www.wardsmythe.com)
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To: Dont_Tread_On_Me_888

correct. Orlando is going to get it worse then Tampa.


994 posted on 08/13/2004 1:09:10 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: oceanview
the eye of hurricane Gloria passed right over us, we went down to the beach, the surf was amazing, clear sky, sunshine, for that period of time when the eye was over us.

Hurricane Gloria almost cancelled my wedding! Rachel and I barely got out of DC in time...

995 posted on 08/13/2004 1:09:11 PM PDT by mhking
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To: cwiz24
The eye of a hurricane is creepy. It's absolutely amazing.

Yes, it's very surreal. I experienced the eye of Alicia and I will never forget it.

996 posted on 08/13/2004 1:09:11 PM PDT by hobson
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To: Howlin
Just announced: evacuation of North Carolina beaches by 9 PM tonight.

Heed their warnings Carolina FReepers!!!

997 posted on 08/13/2004 1:09:32 PM PDT by Pyro7480 (Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, sancta Dei Genitrix.... sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper...)
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To: Jhensy

I'm from WI, vacation in Sanibel The facility was damaged a few years ago by a tornado. Sanibel Arms hopefully is still standing.


998 posted on 08/13/2004 1:09:36 PM PDT by UB355
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To: mykdsmom

I hope your relatives are on safer ground for now. I will pray for their safety.


999 posted on 08/13/2004 1:09:37 PM PDT by countess
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To: Howlin

Wow! I hope people are paying attention!


1,000 posted on 08/13/2004 1:09:41 PM PDT by SuperSonic (R)
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