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TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  11A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM EDT WED SEP 04 2002

...EDOUARD REMAINS A MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM...AWAITING NEW AIRCRAFT 
REPORTS...
 
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 8 AM EDT...1200Z...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 HAS MOVED LITTLE OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS...BUT THE OVERALL 
MOTION IS TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 3 MPH
...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...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SLOW WEAKENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...
AND EDOUARD IS FORECAST WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION BEFORE
LANDFALL.  ANOTHER AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT 
WILL BE ARRIVING SHORTLY TO BETTER DETERMINE THE INTENSITY OF 
EDOUARD.

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 LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE PATH OF EDOUARD.

REPEATING THE 8 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.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM EDT.

FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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