ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM COR BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM HERMINE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 8A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1 PM CDT SAT SEP 19 1998 ...CORRECTED TO SHOW THIS IS AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY...8A... ...HERMINE MEANDERING AGAIN... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO PENSACOLA FLORIDA. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEST OF MORGAN CITY TO SABINE PASS ON THE TEXAS/LOUISIANA BORDER... AND EAST OF PENSACOLA TO DESTIN FLORIDA. AT 1 PM CDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HERMINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.1 WEST OR ABOUT 135 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA. AFTER REFORMING TO THE NORTHEAST EARLIER TODAY...THE CENTER HAS BEEN MOVING SLOWLY AND ERRATICALLY OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS. HERMINE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWARD OR NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD ...BRINGING THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL STORM CLOSE TO THE COASTLINE IN THE WARNING AREA DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE TODAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES ...165 KM FROM THE CENTER. AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE RECENTLY REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDAL LEVELS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY NEAR THE PATH OF HERMINE. REPEATING THE 1 PM CDT POSITION...28.2 N... 91.1 W. MOVEMENT DRIFTING ERRATICALLY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 45 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 4 PM CDT. PASCH NNNN