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Tropical Storm ISAAC (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM ISAAC TROPICAL CYCLONE POSITION ESTIMATE
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL092012
300 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

...ISAAC CONTINUES TO LASH NEW ORLEANS AND THE MISSISSIPPI GULF
COAST WITH VERY HEAVY SQUALLS...

AT 300 PM CDT...2000 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC WAS
ESTIMATED BY NOAA DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR TO BE NEAR LATITUDE 29.9
NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.9 WEST...OR ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF
BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA AND ABOUT 50 MILES WEST OF NEW ORLEANS
LOUISIANA. ISAAC IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH... 
9 KM/H...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
TONIGHT.

DURING THE PAST HOUR...A WIND GUST TO 70 MPH WAS REPORTED AT MARSH
ISLAND LOUISIANA AND A GUST TO 67 MPH WAS REPORTED AT GULFPORT
MISSISSIPPI.

SUMMARY OF 300 PM CDT...2000 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...29.9N 90.9W
ABOUT 45 MI...75 KM SSE OF BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA
ABOUT 50 MI...80 KM W OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH...110 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 310 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...975 MB...28.79 INCHES
 
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FORECASTER STEWART/ZELINSKY
 
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