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TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD ADVISORY NUMBER  11
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT WED SEP 04 2002
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TITUSVILLE TO
FERNANDINA BEACH FLORIDA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA.  EDOUARD IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN TO A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION BEFORE LANDFALL...AND THUS WARNINGS ARE NOT
BEING ISSUED AT THIS TIME.  HOWEVER...IF THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR A PORTION OF THE WATCH
AREA LATER TODAY.
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  79.7 WEST OR ABOUT
80 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF DAYTONA BEACH FLORIDA.
 
EDOUARD IS MOVING ERRATICALLY TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 3 MPH
... 6 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
24 HOURS.  THIS MOTION COULD BRING THE CENTER NEAR THE NORTH-
CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SLOW WEAKENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...
AND EDOUARD IS FORECAST WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION BEFORE
LANDFALL.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES
...110 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.

SOME LOCALL HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE PATH OF EDOUARD.

REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...29.8 N... 79.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR  3 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 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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