ZCZC MIATCPAT3 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM COR BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM HERMINE ADVISORY NUMBER 9 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 4 PM CDT SAT SEP 19 1998 ...CORRECTED LATITUDE IN REPEAT SECTION... ...HERMINE MOVING NORTHWARD... AT 4 PM CDT...2100 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS EXTENDED WEST OF MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW 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 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HERMINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.1 WEST OR ABOUT 115 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA. HERMINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 7 MPH...AND ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER OF HERMINE WILL REACH THE COAST IN THE WARNING AREA TONIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY. 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. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 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 4 PM CDT POSITION...28.5 N... 91.1 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 45 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 7 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 PM CDT. PASCH STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT3 AND WMO HEADER WTNT73 KNHC. NNNN