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TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT TUE SEP 03 2002

...EDOUARD STRONGER...BUT STILL MOVING LITTLE...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FLAGLER BEACH
TO FERNANDINA BEACH FLORIDA.  AN EXTENSION OF THE WATCH AREA
SOUTHWARD MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY.
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
EDOUARD WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.3 NORTH...
LONGITUDE  78.6 WEST OR ABOUT 180 MILES EAST OF JACKSONVILLE 
FLORIDA.
 
EDOUARD HAS BEEN MEANDERING...BUT A SLOW MOTION TO THE 
WEST-SOUTHWEST OR SOUTHWEST IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER TODAY OR 
TONIGHT.
 
REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT
INDICATE THAT EDOUARD HAS STRENGTHENED...AND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
ARE NEAR 65 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  THIS STRENGTHENING TREND IS
NOT EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...AND SLIGHT WEAKENING IS MORE LIKELY
TO OCCUR OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
...165 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...30.3 N... 78.6 W.  MOVEMENT
...STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED 
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 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 2 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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