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TROPICAL STORM HANNA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 7A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1 PM CDT FRI SEP 13 2002
...HANNA REMAINS POORLY ORGANIZED...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA TO
APALACHICOLA FLORIDA.
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF APALACHICOLA
TO THE SUWANEE RIVER FLORIDA.
AT 1 PM CDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA WAS
CENTERED NEAR LATITUDE 27.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.4 WEST OR ABOUT
105 MILES SOUTH-SOUTWEST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
HANNA HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS BUT
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 8 MPH LATER TODAY. ON
THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF HANNA WILL BE NEAR THE COAST WITHIN THE
WARNING AREA SATURDAY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND SUNRISE. HOWEVER...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS COULD REACH PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA
EARLIER TONIGHT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 45 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE BUT HANNA IS NOT EXPECTED TO REACH
HURRICANE INTENSITY PRIOR TO LANDFALL.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES TO THE
EAST OF THE CENTER.
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE PLANE
WAS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THE PATH OF HANNA.
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY WITHIN THE EASTERN PORTION
OF THE CIRCULATION.
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN THE
WARNING AREA.
REPEATING THE 1 PM CDT POSITION...27.7 N... 89.4 W. MOVEMENT
NEARLY STATIONARY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH. MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 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 4 PM CDT.
FORECASTER AVILA
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