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Statement as of 2:00 am AST on September 09, 2004
...Extremely dangerous Ivan strengthens into a category 5
hurricane over the south-central Caribbean Sea...
a Hurricane Warning remains in effect for Aruba...Bonaire...and
Curacao.
Recent reports from an Air Force Reserve hurricane hunter aircraft
indicate that maximum sustained winds are now near 160 mph...255
km/hr...with higher gusts. This makes Ivan a rare category 5
hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale. Some fluctuations
in strength are likely.
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 60 miles... 95 km...
from the center...and tropical storm force winds extend outward up
to 160 miles...260 km.
Rainfall amounts of 5 to 7 inches...possibly causing life-
threatening flash floods and mud slides...can be expected along the
path of Ivan.
Forecaster Stewart
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