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TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD ADVISORY NUMBER  13
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT WED SEP 04 2002
 
...EAGER EDOUARD VERY CLOSE TO THE NORTH-CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TITUSVILLE FLORIDA
TO BRUNSWICK GEORGIA.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
SOUTH OF TITUSVILLE TO SEBASTIAN INLET FLORIDA.
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
EDOUARD WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.6 NORTH...
LONGITUDE  81.0 WEST OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST. AUGUSTINE 
FLORIDA.
 
EDOUARD IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH.  THIS 
GENERAL MOTION...WITH SOME DECREASE IN SPEED...IS EXPECTED TO 
CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER OF EDOUARD 
WILL BE CROSSING THE COAST IN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 
SEVERAL HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  WINDS TO JUST BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WERE RECENTLY 
REPORTED AT ST. AUGUSTINE.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED 
PRIOR TO LANDFALL.  EDOUARD IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL 
DEPRESSION TOMORROW.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES...MAINLY 
EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 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 5 PM EDT POSITION...29.6 N... 81.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR  7 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 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 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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