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Hurricane ISAAC (Text)

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HURRICANE ISAAC TROPICAL CYCLONE POSITION ESTIMATE
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL092012
100 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

...CENTER OF ISAAC STILL OVER WATER...

AT 100 AM CDT...0600 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISAAC WAS
ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.0 WEST...OR ABOUT
60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOUMA LOUISIANA...AND ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTH OF
NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA.  ISAAC HAS MOVED LITTLE OVER THE PAST COUPLE
OF HOURS...BUT A SLOW NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO RESUME
LATER THIS MORNING.

A SUSTAINED WIND OF 62 MPH WITH A GUST TO 71 MPH WAS RECENTLY
REPORTED AT SHELL BEACH LOUISIANA.  A SUSTAINED WIND OF 57 MPH WITH
A GUST TO 79 MPH WAS REPORTED WITHIN THE PAST HOUR AT PILOTTOWN
LOUISIANA.  A SUSTAINED WIND OF 54 MPH WITH A GUST TO 68 MPH WAS
REPORTED AT NEW CANAL STATION IN NEW ORLEANS.  A WIND GUST TO 80
MPH WAS REPORTED BY A HAM RADIO OPERATOR AT ALGIERS IN JEFFERSON
PARISH LOUISIANA. 

A STORM SURGE OF 4.3 FEET WAS RECENTLY REPORTED AT A NATIONAL OCEAN
SERVICE TIDE GAUGE AT NEW CANAL STATION ON THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN.   

SUMMARY OF 100 AM CDT...0600 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...29.0N 90.0W
ABOUT 60 MI... 95 KM SE OF HOUMA LOUISIANA
ABOUT 70 MI...110 KM S OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH...130 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...STATIONARY
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...969 MB...28.61 INCHES
 
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FORECASTER PASCH/ROBERTS
 
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