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Tropical Storm Gordon forms in Atlantic

Storm with 45-mph winds northeast of Leewards heads toward Bermuda

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updated 5:12 p.m. ET Sept. 11, 2006

MIAMI - Tropical Storm Gordon formed Monday in the open Atlantic northeast of the Leeward Islands and was expected to head in the general direction of Bermuda, where Hurricane Florence brought strong winds and high waves, forecasters said.

At 5 p.m. EDT, Gordon had top sustained winds near 45 mph, above the 39 mph needed to be a named storm.

The seventh named storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season was centered about 425 miles northeast of the Leeward Islands and moving northwest near 9 mph, forecasters said.

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