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TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD ADVISORY NUMBER  12
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT WED SEP 04 2002
 
...EDOUARD MAINTAINING STRENGTH AS IT CONTINUES TOWARD THE 
COAST...TROPICAL STORM WARNING ISSUED...

AT 11 AM...1500 UTC...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM
TITUSVILLE FLORIDA TO BRUNSWICK GEORGIA.
 
AT 11 AM...1500 UTC...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM
SOUTH OF TITUSVILLE TO SEBASTIAN INLET FLORIDA.
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
EDOUARD WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.9 NORTH...
LONGITUDE  80.1 WEST OR ABOUT 75 MILES NORTHEAST OF DAYTONA BEACH 
FLORIDA.
 
EDOUARD IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR  3 MPH.  A WEST OR 
WEST-SOUTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THIS 
TRACK...THE CENTER OF EDOUARD IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE COAST WITHIN 
THE WARNING AREA THURSDAY MORNING.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES...MAINLY 
EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE MEASURED BY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 
1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER 
AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE PATH OF EDOUARD.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN SQUALLS NEAR THE COASTLINE.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...29.9 N... 80.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR  3 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 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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