Tropical Storm Gabrielle

Public Advisory 8A

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WTNT32 KNHC 091759
TCPAT2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 8A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072007
200 PM EDT SUN SEP 09 2007

...GABRIELLE MOVING OVER EXTREME EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

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 200 PM EDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 76.3 WEST OR ALONG THE
NORTH COAST OF THE PAMLICO SOUND AND ABOUT 45 MILES...75 KM...
WEST-NORTHWEST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.

GABRIELLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 12 MPH...17 KM/HR...AND IS
EXPECTED TO TURN NORTHEASTWARD LATER TODAY. ON THIS TRACK...THE
CENTER OF GABRIELLE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN BACK OVER THE ATLANTIC EARLY
TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS. A WIND GUST TO 49 MPH WAS RECENTLY REPORTED NEAR OCRACOKE
AND A WIND GUST TO 45 MPH WAS RECENTLY OBSERVED AT CAPE HATTERAS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES...75 KM
FROM THE CENTER...MAINLY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.

THE 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 AND...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
VIRGINIA...NEAR THE NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA BORDER.

THERE IS A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED TORNADOES OVER THE OUTER
BANKS TODAY.

REPEATING THE 200 PM EDT POSITION...35.3 N...76.3 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 500 PM EDT.

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FORECASTER BROWN/KNABB