Tropical Storm MATTHEW

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TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   7A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
7 AM CDT SUN OCT 10 2004
 
...MATHEW MOVING INLAND OVER SOUTHERN LOUISIANA...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE ALABAMA-FLORIDA
BORDER WESTWARD TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA.  THIS WARNING WILL
LIKELY BE LOWERED LATER TODAY.
 
AT 7 AM CDT...1200Z...THE POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
MATTHEW WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  90.8 WEST
OR NEAR HOUMA LOUISIANA
 
MATTHEW IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR  11 MPH AND A
MOSTLY NORTHWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...BRINGING THE
CENTER OF MATTHEW FARTHER INLAND OVER LOUISIANA TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  MATTHEW
IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES MAINLY TO
THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS WAVES...WILL CONTINUE FOR
SEVERAL MORE HOURS IN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA.
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED
HIGHER AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF THE PATH
OF MATTHEW.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...AND SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 7 AM CDT POSITION...29.5 N... 90.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR  11 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 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
10 AM CDT.
 
FORECASTER PASCH
 
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