CYCLONE WARNING BULLETIN NO. NINE ISSUED BY INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT
AT 2200 HOURS IST OF 24TH MAY 2001
THE VERY SEVERE CYCLONIC STORM OVER ARABIAN SEA REMAINED PRACTICALLY
STATIONERY AND LIES CENTRED ABOUT 500 KM SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF VERAVAL AT 1730
HRS IST OF TODAY. THE SYSTEM IS LIKELY TO MOVE IN A NORTH-NORTHWESTERLY
DIRECTION FOR SOME TIME BUT POSSIBLY RECURVE AND CROSS GUJARAT COAST BETWEEN
VERAVAL AND SURAT BY EVENING OF 26TH MAY 2001. UNDER ITS INFLUENCE GALE FORCE
WINDS REACHING 65 TO 75 KMPH ACCOMPANIED WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAINS MAY
COMMENCE OVER NORTH KONKAN AND GUJARAT COAST BY MORNING OF 26TH MAY . THESE
GALES MAY STRENGTHEN TO 220 TO 240 KMPH IN THE CENTRAL AREA OF THE STORM
AROUND THE TIME OF LANDFALL. STORM SURGE OF ABOUT 2.5 TO 4.5 METRES HEIGHT
ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVEL IS EXPECTED NEAR THE POINT OF LANDFALL.SEA
CONDITIONS WILL BE PHENOMENAL . FISHERMEN OF THESE AREAS ARE ADVISED NOT TO
VENTURE INTO THE SEA DURING NEXT 48 HOURS .
Gray Fox Weather Service (Tropical)
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