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TROPICAL STORM KYLE ADVISORY NUMBER  83
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM EDT FRI OCT 11 2002

...KYLE RE-GAINS TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH...WARNINGS EXTENDED
NORTHEASTWARD...
 
AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED
ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TO SURF CITY.  A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF BRUNSWICK GEORGIA TO SURF 
CITY NORTH CAROLINA.
 
AT 5 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KYLE WAS LOCATED NEAR 
LATITUDE 31.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.9 WEST OR ABOUT 65 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA.
 
KYLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  A TURN 
TOWARD THE NORTH IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY...AND A TURN TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED TONIGHT.  THIS MOTION SHOULD BRING THE CENTER
OF KYLE OVER THE COAST OF SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA AND SOUTHERN SOUTH
CAROLINA LATER THIS MORNING.
 
REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE
THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR 40 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS AS THE CENTER MOVES INLAND.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES
... 75 KM TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE HURRICANE
HUNTER IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.

TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING
AREA NEAR AND TO THE NORTHEAST OF WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL.

RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER 
AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH KYLE.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND
SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA COASTS TODAY.

REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...31.2 N... 80.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 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 8 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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