http://www.weathermatrix.net/tropical/2001/15/
WEATHERMATRIX HEADLINE 11/04/01 11AM... POWERFUL HURRICANE MICHELLE
PASSING EAST OF THE
ISLE OF YOUTH...EXPECTED TO HIT MAINLAND CUBA LATER TODAY... MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 135 MPH... WITH HIGHER GUSTS... (A HIGH
CATEGORY 3...
(SEE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE)... STORM IS SHOWING UP WELL ON CUBAN
RADARS... AND IS ALSO ON US RADAR...)
STRONG WINDS ARE SPREADING OVER THE ISLE OF YOUTH AND NEARBY CAYO LARGO
RECENTLY REPORTED WINDS OF 60 MPH... WAVES OF 12 TO 15 FEET... SOMBRERO
KEY
IN THE FLORIDA KEYS REPORTED GUSTS TO 50 MPH... (OTHER STATIONS ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE INTERACTIVE TROPICAL SUFACE OBSERVATIONS MAP...)
RAINBANDS ARE AFFECTING PORTIONS OF CUBA...THE CAYMAN ISLANDS...AND
JAMAICA. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES...250 TO 500
MILLIMETERS...CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THE PATH OF MICHELLE AS IT CROSSES
CUBA.
OUTER RAINBANDS ARE ALSO SPREADING ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS AND THE
FLORIDA KEYS AND ARE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST.
A STORM SURGE OF NEAR 20 FEET...OR 6 METERS...IS POSSIBLE NEAR AND TO
THE
EAST OF WHERE THE EYE MAKES LANDFALL ON THE SOUTH COAST OF CUBA. A STORM
SURGE OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ALONG WITH BATTERING WAVES IS EXPECTED
TO
AFFECT THE ATLANTIC COAST OF THE FLORIDA KEYS.
ADVISORIES IN EFFECT...
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