ZCZC MIATCPAT5 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM EARL ADVISORY NUMBER 13 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 11 AM EDT THU SEP 03 1998 ...EARL NOW A WEAKENING TROPICAL STORM... AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...ALL HURRICANE WARNINGS AND TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED. SMALL CRAFT ALONG THE GULF COAST FROM FLORIDA TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AND ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST FROM FLORIDA TO NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE. AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EARL WAS LOCATED FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DATA AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS NEAR LATITUDE 32.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.3 WEST OR ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MACON GEORGIA. EARL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF EARL IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL INLAND FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HOWEVER...IF THE TRACK IS CLOSER TO THE COAST THAN FORECAST...THEN SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS COULD BE EXPERIENCED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC COAST. GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARE NOW OCCURRING OVER THE GEORGIA COASTAL WATERS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 45 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FURTHER WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 989 MB...29.21 INCHES. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY ALONG THE PATH OF THE EARL. STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL BE DECREASING DURING THE DAY. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...AND SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...32.1 N... 83.3 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 45 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 989 MB. THIS WILL BE THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM UNLESS IT AGAIN BECOMES A THREAT TO THE COASTAL OR OFFSHORE AREAS AS A TROPICAL SYSTEM. FUTURE INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE FOUND IN STORM SUMMARIES... BEGINNING AT 4 PM EDT...2000Z...ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER UNDER AFOS HEADER NFDSCCNS5 AND UNDER WMO HEADER WWUS37 KWBC. RAPPAPORT STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT5 AND WMO HEADER WTNT75 KNHC. NNNN