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TROPICAL STORM FAY ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 AM CDT FRI SEP 06 2002

...FAY REMAINS STATIONARY AND POORLY DEFINED...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM MATAGORDA TEXAS TO
INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN
24 HOURS.
 
AT 4 AM CDT...0900Z...THE BROAD AND POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF
TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE
94.1 WEST OR ABOUT 125 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS.
 
FAY IS CURRENTLY NEARLY STATIONARY.  A SLOW DRIFT TOWARD THE 
NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER TODAY.  SOME CHANGES IN
POSITION MAY OCCUR AS THE CENTER SLOWLY BECOMES BETTER DEFINED.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES
...230 KM MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.

RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL 
AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES NEAR THE COASTLINE.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS
CAN BE EXPECTED IN AREAS WITH ONSHORE FLOW WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS TODAY.

REPEATING THE 4 AM CDT POSITION...27.6 N... 94.1 W.  MOVEMENT
...STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 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 7 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 AM CDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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