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TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT MON SEP 02 2002

...EDOUARD MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWESTWARD...WARNINGS ISSUED...
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900 UTC...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT
FROM NORTH OF FERNANDINA BEACH FLORIDA TO SAVANNAH RIVER GEORGIA.
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900 UTC...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT
NORTH OF SAVANNAH RIVER TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF TITUSVILLE
FLORIDA TO FERNANDINA BEACH.
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE BROAD AND POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF
TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.2 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 79.8 WEST OR ABOUT 90 MILES EAST OF ST. AUGUSTINE
FLORIDA.
 
EDOUARD IS MOVING ERRATICALLY TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH.
A SLOW NORTHWESTWARD DRIFT IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
THIS MOTION COULD BRING THE CENTER OF EDOUARD OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS OF GEORGIA AND NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
SOME SLOW STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES MAINLY
TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...30.2 N... 79.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 8 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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