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BULLETIN
HURRICANE FLOSSIE ADVISORY NUMBER  21
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   EP092007
1100 AM HST MON AUG 13 2007

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG ISLAND OF 
HAWAII...
 
...A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG ISLAND OF 
HAWAII...
 
AT 1100 AM HST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLOSSIE WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 150.6 WEST OR ABOUT 
425 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HILO...HAWAII AND ABOUT 635 MILES SOUTHEAST 
OF HONOLULU...OAHU.
 
FLOSSIE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH AND THIS 
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 125 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FLOSSIE 
IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. LITTLE 
CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 40 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 
MILES.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 956 MB...28.23 INCHES.
 
THE MAIN EFFECTS FROM HURRICANE FLOSSIE ARE EXPECTED ON THE BIG 
ISLAND TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW 
IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG ISLAND. EVERYONE IN HAWAII IS URGED TO 
CLOSELY MONITOR FUTURE BULLETINS AS THIS DANGEROUS HURRICANE MOVES 
TOWARD THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
 
REPEATING THE 1100 AM HST POSITION...15.3 N...150.6 W. MOVEMENT 
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...
125 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...956 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC 
HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 PM HST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE 
ADVISORY AT 500 PM HST.
 
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FORECASTER POWELL