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TROPICAL STORM HANNA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   9A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1 AM CDT SAT SEP 14 2002

...HANNA BEGINS MOVING NORTHWARD...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA 
TO APALACHICOLA FLORIDA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF APALACHICOLA
TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER FLORIDA.
 
AT 1 AM CDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE  89.2 WEST OR ABOUT 40 
MILES SOUTH OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
 
HANNA IS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 5 MPH.  A TURN TO THE
NORTH-NORTHEAST AT A FASTER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.
ON THE EXPECTED TRACK...THE CENTER SHOULD BE NEAR THE COAST IN THE
WARNING AREA SOMETIME BEFORE NOON TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THERE IS A CHANCE OF SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING EARLY 
TODAY BEFORE THE CENTER REACHES LAND.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES...MAINLY 
TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 
1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.

RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER 
AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF THE PATH OF THE 
CENTER OF HANNA.

THERE IS A RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES...FROM MOBILE EASTWARD ACROSS 
ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...HIGHER AT HEADS OF BAYS...ALONG WITH BATTERING WAVES...CAN
BE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.

REPEATING THE 1 AM CDT POSITION...28.6 N... 89.2 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 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 AM CDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
  
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