FRANCES TAKING LITERAL HOURS TO FULLY MAKE LANDFALL
HURRICANE FRANCES INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 45A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1 AM EDT SUN SEP 05 2004
...THE CENTER OF THE LARGE EYE OF HURRICANE FRANCES FINALLY MAKES
LANDFALL NEAR SEWALL'S POINT FLORIDA...
BUT GET THIS!
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THERE
IS STILL AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IN THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EYE MOVES INLAND.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 200 MILES...325 KM. A SUSTAINED WIND OF 63 MPH WITH A GUST TO 78
MPH WAS RECENTLY REPORTED BY THE FLORIDA COASTAL MONITORING PROGRAM
TOWER AT INDIAN HARBOR BEACH.
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1 AM EDT SUN SEP 05 2004
...THE CENTER OF THE LARGE EYE OF HURRICANE FRANCES FINALLY MAKES
LANDFALL NEAR SEWALL'S POINT FLORIDA...
BUT GET THIS!
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THERE
IS STILL AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IN THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EYE MOVES INLAND.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 200 MILES...325 KM. A SUSTAINED WIND OF 63 MPH WITH A GUST TO 78
MPH WAS RECENTLY REPORTED BY THE FLORIDA COASTAL MONITORING PROGRAM
TOWER AT INDIAN HARBOR BEACH.