Tropical Depression TWELVE

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWELVE ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
10 PM CDT WED SEP 03 2003

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWELVE REMAINS STATIONARY WELL SOUTH OF 
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA
FROM ENGLEWOOD NORTHWARD TO INDIAN PASS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION TWELVE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 
87.5 WEST OR ABOUT 210 MILES...335 KM...SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA
FLORIDA.
 
THE DEPRESSION HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY...BUT A GRADUAL SLOW
MOTION TOWARD THE NORTHEAST OR EAST-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED DURING
THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH...45 KM/HR...MAINLY IN
ISOLATED SQUALLS TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. HOWEVER...SOME SLOW
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST AND THE DEPRESSION COULD STILL BECOME A
TROPICAL STORM DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1011 MB...29.85 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE DEPRESSION.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE 
LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF WHERE THE CENTER
MAKES LANDFALL.
 
REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...27.5 N... 87.5 W.  MOVEMENT
NEARLY STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 30 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1011 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 1 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 AM CDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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