HURRICANE WILMA SPEICAL ADVISORY
GOLRFC/MIDWEST HURRICANE CENTER ST. LOUIS MO
8 PM CDT SUN OCT 23 2005

...WILMA BECOMES A MAJOR HURRICANE ONCE AGAIN AS SHE BEARS DOWN ON FLORIDA...

AT 8PM CDT A CODE RED HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM TAMPA FLORIDA TO FLAMINGO FLORIDA ON THE WEST COAST AND THE FLORIDA EAST COAST FROM MELBOURNE TO FLAMINGO INCLUDING THE FLORIDA KEYS.

A CODE BLUE TROPICAL STORM WARNINGIS IN EFFECT FROM CLEAR WATER FLORIDA TO TAMPA AND THE FLORIDA EAST COAST FROM MELBOURNE TO DAYTONA BEACH.

AT 8PM CDT THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WILMA WAS LOCATED AT 24.1. NORTH 84.2 WEST OR ABOUT 150 MILES WEST SOUTH WEST OF THE FLORIDA KEYS AND 200 MILES SW OF NAPLES.

WILMA IS MOVING TO THE NORTH EAST AT 15 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECT TO CONTINUE WITH A INCREASE IN SPEED. ON THIS TRACK WILMA WILL BE MOVING PAST THE FLORIDA KEYS DURING THE VERY EARLY MORNING HOURS AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA DURING THE MID MORNING HOURS CAUSING DEVESTATION.

AIRCRAFT RECON, SATELLITE DATA AND RADAR INDICATE WILMA HAS BECOME A DANGEROUS CATEGORY 3 WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 115MPH. SOME FURTHER STRENGTHNING IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT 6 TO 12 HOURS.

ESTIMATED CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 958MB

STORM SURGE OF 12-17 FEET IS POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE CENTER AND 5-10 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTER.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE MIDWEST HURRICANE CENTER AT 11PM CDT.

FORECASTER/TOM