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

...KYLE APPROACHING THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST...
 
AT 8 AM EDT...1200Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS DISCONTINUED 
ALONG THE GEORGIA COAST.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT 
NORTH OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER TO SURF CITY NORTH CAROLINA.
 
AT 8 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KYLE WAS LOCATED NEAR 
LATITUDE 31.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.7 WEST OR ABOUT 35 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SAVANNAH GEORGIA.
 
KYLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 12 MPH. THIS MOTION SHOULD 
BRING THE CENTER OF KYLE OVER THE COAST OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA 
LATER THIS MORNING.
 
REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE
THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.  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 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 8 AM EDT POSITION...31.8 N... 80.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 45 MPH.  
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 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 AVILA
 
 
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