Hurricane HUMBERTO

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HURRICANE HUMBERTO INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   5A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL092007
700 AM CDT THU SEP 13 2007
 
...HURRICANE HUMBERTO ENTERING SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF HIGH ISLAND TEXAS
TO CAMERON LOUISIANA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF CAMERON TO
INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA.
 
THESE COASTAL WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE LOWERED LATER THIS MORNING.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 700 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE HUMBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 93.6 WEST OR ALONG THE TEXAS-
LOUISIANA BORDER ABOUT 25 MILES... 35 KM...WEST-NORTHWEST OF LAKE
CHARLES LOUISIANA.
 
HUMBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR
...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 24
HOURS...BRINGING THE CENTER OF HUMBERTO ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA
TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS...CONFINED TO A VERY SMALL AREA NEAR THE CENTER. HUMBERTO IS
A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. HUMBERTO IS
EXPECTED TO WEAKEN DURING THE DAY TODAY AS IT MOVES FARTHER INLAND.  
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30
KM...NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES...95 KM.  
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 987 MB...29.15 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF
LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI...AS WELL AS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
ARKANSAS...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM ACCUMULATIONS OF 15 INCHES
POSSIBLE.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL BE SUBSIDING TODAY.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON.
 
REPEATING THE 700 AM CDT POSITION...30.3 N...93.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...987 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 1000 AM CDT.
 
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FORECASTER FRANKLIN/BROWN
 
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