Tropical Storm HENRI

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TROPICAL STORM HENRI INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   9A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
8 PM EDT FRI SEP 05 2003
 
...HENRI DRIFTS ERRATICALLY WHILE BECOMING DISORGANIZED...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA
FROM ENGLEWOOD NORTHWARD TO THE AUCILLA RIVER.
 
AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HENRI WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.0 NORTH... LONGITUDE 84.0 WEST OR ABOUT 100 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR KEY FLORIDA.
 
THE CENTER OF HENRI HAS DRIFTED ERRATICALLY SOUTHWARD OVER THE PAST
FEW HOURS...A SLOW MOTION TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED TO
RESUME LATER TONIGHT...WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED
ON SATURDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER COULD REACH THE
GULF COAST OF FLORIDA OVERNIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SATELLITE AND RADAR INDICATES THAT HENRI HAS BECOME LESS
ORGANIZED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS...AND NO SIGNIFICANT INCREASE
IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED PRIOR TO LANDFALL.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES
... 75 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE LATEST PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6-12 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH HENRI. DUE TO
SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS AND HIGH RIVER STAGES...THESE HEAVY
RAINS COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE SOUTH OF WHERE THE CENTER
MAKES LANDFALL.
 
THERE IS A RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES THROUGH TONIGHT OVER
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH FLORIDA.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM EDT POSITION...28.0 N... 84.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...DRIFTING ERRACTICALLY SOUTHWARD.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 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 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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