ZCZC MIATCMAT3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM TROPICAL STORM HERMINE FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 8 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL AL0898 1500Z SAT SEP 19 1998 AT 10 AM CDT...1500 UTC...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO PENSACOLA FLORIDA. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEST OF MORGAN CITY TO SABINE PASS ON THE TEXAS/LOUISIANA BORDER. ALSO AT 10 AM CDT...1500 UTC...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSSUED EAST OF PENSACOLA TO DESTIN FLORIDA. THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH WEST OF SABINE PASS HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 27.9N 90.7W AT 19/1500Z POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 50 NM PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST OR 20 DEGREES AT 8 KT ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1001 MB MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT 34 KT....... 90NE 90SE 50SW 50NW 12 FT SEAS.. 90NE 90SE 50SW 50NW ALL QUADRANT RADII IN NAUTICAL MILES REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 27.9N 90.7W AT 19/1500Z AT 19/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 27.5N 91.0W FORECAST VALID 20/0000Z 28.7N 90.4W MAX WIND 45 KT...GUSTS 55 KT 34 KT... 90NE 90SE 50SW 50NW FORECAST VALID 20/1200Z 30.0N 89.8W...INLAND MAX WIND 35 KT...GUSTS 45 KT 34 KT... 90NE 90SE 50SW 50NW FORECAST VALID 21/0000Z 31.5N 89.0W...INLAND MAX WIND 30 KT...GUSTS 40 KT STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDAL LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST. REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 27.9N 90.7W EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE OUTLOOK VALID 21/1200Z 32.0N 88.0W...INLAND MAX WIND 25 KT...GUSTS 35 KT OUTLOOK VALID 22/1200Z 36.0N 85.0W...INLAND MAX WIND 20 KT...GUSTS 30 KT NEXT ADVISORY AT 19/2100Z PASCH STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC. NNNN