WOCN31 CWHX 132100
INTERMEDIATE INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CANADIAN
HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 6.30 PM NDT WEDNESDAY
13 SEPTEMBER 2006.

THE NEXT FULL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 9.30 PM NDT

... POST-TROPICAL STROM FLORENCE WREAKS HAVOC IN NEWFOUNDLAND ...

 AT 6.30 PM NDT... POST-TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 46.7 N AND LONGITUDE 52.4 W... ABOUT 30 NAUTICAL MILES
OR 56 KM EAST OF CAPE RACE AND MOVING EAST NORTHEAST 22 KNOTS OR
41 KM/H. THE CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 963 MB.

 FLORENCE TURNED ON AN EASTWARD TRACK TODAY BEFORE ITS CENTRE
REACHED THE COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND NEAR THE BURIN PENINSULA... BUT 
THAT DID NOT STOP IT FROM BRINGING HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS TO 
COASTAL AREAS EAST OF BURGEO UP TO AND INCLUDING THE BURIN PENINSULA. 
PEAK WINDS OF 163 KM/H WERE REPORTED FROM SAGONA ISLAND. THE MEDIA
REPORT THAT A HOUSE IN FRANCOIS... APPROXIMATELY 70 KM
EAST OF BURGEO... WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY THE WINDS. PEAK WINDS 
IN EXCESS OF 100 KM/H BLEW ALONG THE EAST COAST AS FAR NORTH AS
POOLS ISLAND.

 HEAVIEST RAINFALLS HAVE BEEN 40-70 MM FROM AROUND THE BURIN
PENINSULA WITH AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MM ELSEWHERE OVER THE 
SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE ISLAND. EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF 
NEWFOUNDLAND HAVE SEEN LITTLE RAIN.

 AT 5:30 PM NDT THE CENTRE OF POST-TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE WAS 
LOCATED BETWEEN THE NICKERSON BANK BUOY AND THE CAPE RACE WEATHER 
STATION. AT THAT TIME THE BUOY REPORTED NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WHILE
THE LAND STATION REPORTED SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS... BOTH WITH A PRESSURE 
NEAR 965 MB. ACCORDINGLY THE CENTRAL PRESSURE OF THE STORM WAS
INTERPRETTED TO BE 1-2 MB LOWER... AT AROUND 963 MB.

 TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR ALL PUBLIC REGIONS ALONG 
THE SOUTH COAST OF NEWFOUNDLAND EXCEPT IN THE SOUTHWEST AND ALONG
THE EAST COAST FROM CAPE RACE UP TO AND INCLUDING BONIVISTA NORTH. 
THESE WARNINGS MEAN THAT GALE FORCE WINDS OF SUSTAINED 65 KM/H ARE
TO BE EXPECTED. THESE WARNINGS WILL BE UPDATED AT 9:30 PM NDT.

 PUBLIC AND MARINE INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR FORECASTS
AND WARNINGS ISSUED FOR THEIR REGION BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA.

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