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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">200 AM EDT Thu Sep 6 2018
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane Florence, located over the east-central tropical Atlantic Ocean. The Weather Prediction
Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Depression Gordon, located over north-central Mississippi.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">1. A broad area of low pressure is centered a few miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. Shower and thunderstorm activity associated with this low
has changed little in organization over the past few hours and recent satellite data indicate that a well-defined center has not yet formed. However, environmental conditions still appear to be conducive for development and a tropical depression is expected
to form within the next few days while the system moves toward the west or west-northwest across the tropical Atlantic Ocean.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* Formation chance through 48 hours...high...70 percent.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* Formation chance through 5 days...high...90 percent.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">2. A tropical wave is forecast to move off the west coast of Africa on Friday. Some development of this system is anticipated after that time, and a tropical
depression could form over the weekend or early next week while the wave moves westward over the far eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">* Formation chance through 5 days...medium...50 percent.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">500 AM AST Thu Sep 06 2018
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">...FLORENCE WEAKENING FOR NOW BUT STILL A STRONG HURRICANE...
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SUMMARY OF 500 AM AST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">LOCATION...24.1N 47.9W
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">ABOUT 1060 MI...1705 KM ENE OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">ABOUT 1170 MI...1885 KM ESE OF BERMUDA
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH...185 KM/H
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 315 DEGREES AT 12 MPH...19 KM/H
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...964 MB...28.47 INCHES
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect.
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">400 AM CDT Thu Sep 06 2018
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">...GORDON CONTINUES TO DRIFT THROUGH WESTERN MISSISSIPPI...
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">...THREAT OF HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">DAYS...
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">SUMMARY OF 400 AM CDT...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">LOCATION...33.7N 91.3W
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">ABOUT 115 MI...185 KM NNW OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...25 MPH...35 KM/H
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 287 DEGREES AT 8 MPH...13 KM/H
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1015 MB...29.98 INCHES
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Flash Flood Watches are in effect over portions of Mississippi
<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">and Arkansas.
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<span-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect.
Kelly J. Moran, Vice President
Moran Shipping Agencies, Inc.
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