ZCZC MIATCPAT2 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM GASTON INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 7B NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 9 AM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004 ...CENTER OF GASTON VERY NEAR THE COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA...WILL BE INLAND SHORTLY... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA FROM THE SAVANNAH RIVER TO LITTLE RIVER INLET. THIS WARNING WILL LIKELY BE LOWERED OR CHANGED TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING LATER THIS MORNING. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF LITTLE RIVER INLET TO SURF CITY NORTH CAROLINA. AT 9 AM EDT...1300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GASTON WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.5 WEST OR VERY NEAR THE COAST IN THE VICINITY OF BULLS BAY AND ABOUT 30 MILES EAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA. GASTON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 7 MPH. A GENERAL NORTHWARD MOTION WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL BE MOVING INLAND OVER EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA LATER TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GASTON SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN AFTER THE CENTER MOVES INLAND. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 991 MB...29.26 INCHES. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...WITH HIGHER LEVELS IN BAYS...IS EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST. TIDES OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE IN THE WARNING AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH GASTON. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY OVER NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. REPEATING THE 9 AM EDT POSITION...32.9 N... 79.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 70 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 991 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 PASCH $$ NNNN
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