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Hurricane ISAAC (Text)

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HURRICANE ISAAC TROPICAL CYCLONE POSITION ESTIMATE
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL092012
500 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012
 
AT 500 PM CDT...2200 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISAAC WAS
ESTIMATED BY NOAA DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR NEAR LATITUDE 28.7
NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.2 WEST...OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF THE MOUTH
OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AND ABOUT 105 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF
NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA.

A WIND GUST TO 71 MPH WAS RECENTLY REPORTED AT BOOTHEVILLE
LOUISIANA.  A SUSTAINED WIND OF 44 MPH WITH A GUST TO 55 MPH WAS
OBSERVED WITHIN THE PAST HOUR AT LAKEFRONT AIRPORT IN NEW ORLEANS. 

A STORM SURGE OF 7.1 FEET WAS RECENTLY REPORTED AT A NATIONAL
OCEAN SERVICE TIDE GAUGE AT SHELL BEACH LOUISIANA.  A STORM SURGE
OF 4.8 FEET WAS OBSERVED AT A NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE TIDE GAUGE IN
WAVELAND MISSISSIPPI.  


SUMMARY OF 500 PM CDT...2200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...28.7N 89.2W
ABOUT 30 MI...45 KM S OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
ABOUT 105 MI...170 KM SSE OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH...130 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 310 DEGREES AT 8 MPH...13 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...975 MB...28.79 INCHES
 
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FORECASTER BROWN

 
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