Jeanne Tears Across Bahamas Toward Fla.

Drudge ^ | Sep 25, 5:12 PM (ET) | JILL BARTON

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000 WTNT31 KNHC 252243 TCPAT1 BULLETIN HURRICANE JEANNE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 49A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 7 PM EDT SAT SEP 25 2004 ...DANGEROUS CORE OF HURRICANE JEANNE APPROACHING THE FLORIDA EAST COAST... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST FROM FLORIDA CITY NORTHWARD TO ST. AUGUSTINE...INCLUDING LAKE OKEECHOBEE. A HURRICANE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS...INCLUDING THE ABACOS...ANDROS ISLAND...BERRY ISLANDS...BIMINI...ELEUTHERA...GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND...AND NEW PROVIDENCE. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF ST. AUGUSTINE NORTHWARD TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA FROM EAST CAPE SABLE NORTHWARD TO THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM ENGLEWOOD TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SOUTH OF FLORIDA CITY AROUND THE SOUTHERN END OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA TO EAST CAPE SABLE INCLUDING FLORIDA BAY...AND THE FLORIDA KEYS NORTH OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE. AT 7 PM EDT...2300Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE JEANNE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.1 WEST OR ABOUT 90 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF VERO BEACH FLORIDA. JEANNE HAS BEEN MOVING BETWEEN THE WEST AND WEST-NORTHWEST AT 14 MPH DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS. A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CORE OF THE HURRICANE WILL REACH THE FLORIDA EAST COAST TONIGHT. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD INLAND AS MUCH AS 100 MILES ALONG THE TRACK OF JEANNE. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. JEANNE IS A DANGEROUS CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE BEFORE LANDFALL IN FLORIDA. STRONGER WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN GUSTS...ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR ON HIGH RISE BUILDINGS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES. SETTLEMENT POINT ON THE WESTERN END OF GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND RECENTLY REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 98 MPH. A FLORIDA COASTAL MONITORING PROGRAM WIND TOWER IN VERO BEACH RECENTLY REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 63 MPH. THE LATEST MINIMUM PRESSURE CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE 951 MB...28.08 INCHES. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...ARE STILL OCCURRING NEAR THE WESTERN END OF GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4 TO 7 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST. A STORM SURGE OF UP TO 5 FEET ABOVE THE PRESENT WATER LEVEL IS LIKELY TO OCCUR MAINLY ON THE EAST SIDE OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE. TIDES OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST....POSSIBLE REACHING 3 TO 6 FEET IN AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW NORTH OF TAMPA BAY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ...ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE TRACK OF JEANNE OVER THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS AND FLORIDA. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE EAST FLORIDA PENINSULA TONIGHT. REPEATING THE 7 PM EDT POSITION...27.1 N... 79.1 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST TO WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 950 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 9 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM EDT. FORECASTER PASCH

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[Squantos]

My Brother in Melbourne FL just lost his power about 3 hours ago but his cell phone was still working when we spoke a few minutes ago. He said wind was gusting to 50 - 55mph.

Stay Safe.......Y

[jellybean]

Prayers for everyone in Her path...

[snakeoil]

It will be coming ashore about 10 around Jupiter or Vero.

[Squantos]

Gives it about 3 hours to turn an burn doesn't it ? Could still go north or south a bit . Is Vero Beach the predicted landfall ?

Stay Safe.......Y

[snakeoil]

Math check- 2 hours. Winds could increase to 120 - 125 mph tonight

[Squantos]

Time zone check ...my bad.

Stay Safe.......Y

[ExSoldier]

We've had our power "blip" a couple of times, so I went offline for four hours to see if it was actually going to "go" but we seem to be fine. OTOH, the full effects aren't supposed to get HERE until about midnight. The good thing is...well there are TWO:

FIRST I have a big old Marine deep cycle battery and an inverter so I can run my breathing machine.

Second, relates to the first: Even when the power does go off, my home is in the same power grid as a local hospital. So therefore we are a "priority" right along with the E.R. After Andrew, we got our power within 72 hours. Parts of Miami-Dade County were without power for six WEEKS.

[snakeoil]

Live next to a hospital. It took them 3 days to get power and we got it the next day.
Florida Power and Light sure has a handle on hurricanes. They bring in hundreds of out of state power people . What an outfit. Peopl here think it is the best. You ususally don't hear many compliments about utility companies but they deserve the highest.

[JCISLORD]

Thank you for your prayers. We live in Polk County, FL where path of Hurricanes Charley and Frances crossed. Now we are in the main path of Jeanne. All of Florida needs everyones prayers.

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Florida Freepers and Lepers:

Thinking of you who are in harm's way. Prayers for your safety. God speed.

[js1138]

Not since Texas in 1886 has one state has been struck by four hurricanes in a season.

Those folks didn't sign the kyoto treaty either and look what happened to them.

[js1138]

That sucker is big. It's clouded over in Jacksonville. I expect rain any hour now.

[snakeoil]

We have probably lost all contact with people on the East Coast- They have probably lost their power. It will be a hot and scary night for many people tonight. Wish em luck.

[js1138]

Frances put my lights out for 27 hours, and it was 100 miles away at the time. Frances left 6 million Floridians without power.

[Capt. Tom]

Marine forecast

The wind speed is in knots. Add 15% for MPH - Tom

AMZ650-670-260230- COASTAL WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM-
618 PM EDT SAT SEP 25 2004

HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT TORNADO WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT

TONIGHT
WINDS SOUTHWEST 60 TO 65 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 115 KNOTS.

SEAS 8 TO 10 FEET NEAR SHORE AND UP TO 17 FEET WELL OFFSHORE. INTRACOASTAL WATERS EXTREMELY ROUGH. SQUALLS.

[snakeoil]

I guess you will either get beach erosion or luck out with beach nourishment.
Stay safe.

[Pee_Oui]

I'm in Palm Bay, just next door to Melbourne and closer to Vero Beach, and, still have satellite tv and power.

My old neighborhood in Viera (Melbourone) are still passing the beers from house to house like we used to do and they still have phone and power.

I fear we may lose our power again this time though. We lost it for 12 days last time with Frances and the winds are much higher.

IF FPL did their jobs good, we will last, otherwise, we go into about 6 weeks of no power as all the power company trucks (which came down here in caravans, miles long) have migrageted up to the panhandle and La. and Ak., Miss., etc.

It's exciting, I must say, but the curfew is no fun.

DL