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Tropical Depression ERNESTO


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TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO ADVISORY NUMBER  32 CORRECTED
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL052006
1100 AM EDT FRI SEP 01 2006

...CORRECTION TO AWIPS HEADER FOR THE NEXT ADVISORY
 
...ERNESTO BECOMES A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...

AT 11 AM EDT...1200 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM CURRITUCK
BEACH LIGHT SOUTHWARD INCLUDING THE PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS
HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.  GALE WARNINGS ARE NOW EFFECT FOR THE
ATLANTIC COAST AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SURF CITY NORTH
CAROLINA NORTHWARD INTO NEW ENGLAND COASTAL WATERS. SEE PRODUCTS
ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 1100 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 36.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.6 WEST OR ABOUT
80 MILES...130 KM...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF NORFOLK VIRGINIA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 14 MPH AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL DURING
THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 992 MB...29.29 INCHES.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MID ATLANTIC
STATES...INCLUDING THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS...FROM VIRGINIA
NORTHWARD THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM STORM TOTALS OF UP
TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL 2 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE
POSSIBLE OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE RAINS.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER EXTREME EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
AND SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA THROUGH TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 1100 AM EDT POSITION...36.4 N...77.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...992 MB.
 
THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM. FUTURE INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE
FOUND IN PUBLIC ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER...UNDER AWIPS HEADER TCPAT5 AND WMO HEADER WTNT35
KWNH...BEGINNING AT 5 PM EDT.
 
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FORECASTER AVILA
 
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