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TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   8A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM EDT TUE SEP 10 2002
 
...GUSTAV NOW A TROPICAL STORM...

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT 
INDICATE THAT GUSTAV IS DEVELOPING AN INNER CORE OF STRONG 
WINDS...ONE OF THE KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF A TROPICAL CYCLONE.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM CAPE FEAR NORTH
CAROLINA NORTHWARD TO PARRAMORE ISLAND VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE
PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS...AND INCLUDING THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE
BAY SOUTH OF NEW POINT COMFORT VIRGINIA.
 
AT 8 AM EDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 75.5 WEST OR ABOUT
115 MILES SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.

GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR  9 MPH.  GUSTAV IS 
EXPECTED TO TURN TO THE NORTHEAST LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 
HOURS...AND GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE COULD OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF 
THE NORTH CAROLINA OUTER BANKS AS THE CENTER OF GUSTAV PASSES NEARBY 
LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE MEASURED BY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 
987 MB...29.15 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF UP TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS 
POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTH END OF PAMLICO SOUND.  STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 
1-3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE IN THE 
WARNING AREA.  HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED 
ALONG THE U.S. EAST COAST FROM NEW JERSEY SOUTHWARD TO THE CENTRAL 
FLORIDA COAST TODAY.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES OVER EASTERN
VIRGINIA.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA TODAY. 
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM EDT POSITION...33.7 N... 75.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 987 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/BEVEN
 
 
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