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TROPICAL STORM HERMINE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 9A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
7 PM CDT SAT SEP 19 1998

...HERMINE MOVING NORTHWARD...NEARING SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY
LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO PENSACOLA FLORIDA.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS
IN EFFECT WEST OF INTRACOASTAL CITY TO SABINE PASS ON THE
TEXAS/LOUISIANA BORDER.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT
EAST OF PENSACOLA TO DESTIN FLORIDA.
 
AT 7 PM CDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HERMINE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  90.7 WEST OR ABOUT 85
MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA.  THIS POSITION IS
ALSO ABOUT 20 MILES OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF LOUISIANA.
 
HERMINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR  9 MPH...AND ON
THIS TRACK THE CENTER OF HERMINE WILL REACH THE COAST IN THE WARNING
AREA IN A FEW HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR  45 MPH...MAINLY IN HEAVIER
SHOWERS TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.  LITTLE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN
STRENGTH IS LIKELY UNTIL THE CENTER MOVES INLAND.  GRADUAL WEAKENING
IS LIKELY AFTER LANDFALL.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES TO THE
EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 999 MB...29.50 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 7 PM CDT POSITION...29.0 N... 90.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 45
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...999 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
10 PM CDT.
 
RAPPAPORT
 
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