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WTNT35 KNHC 071439
TCPAT5
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM HERMINE ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL     AL102010
1000 AM CDT TUE SEP 07 2010
 
...HERMINE MOVING FARTHER INLAND OVER SOUTH TEXAS...STILL A TROPICAL
STORM...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 1000 AM CDT...1500 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...28.3N 98.2W
ABOUT 60 MI...95 KM NW OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 350 DEGREES AT 17 MPH...28 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...991 MB...29.26 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...
 
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED SOUTH OF BAFFIN
BAY TEXAS.
 
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* BAFFIN BAY NORTHWARD TO PORT OCONNOR TEXAS
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA IN THE UNITED
STATES...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE
MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA OUTSIDE
THE UNITED STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 1000 AM CDT...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HERMINE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 98.2 WEST. HERMINE IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/HR...AND A GENERAL NORTH
TO NORTH-NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48
HOURS...AND HERMINE IS LIKELY TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER
TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM
FROM THE CENTER...MAINLY TO THE EAST.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 991 MB...29.26 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF 
SOUTH TEXAS.  THESE CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TODAY.
 
STORM SURGE...WATER LEVELS ALONG THE TEXAS COAST WILL GRADUALLY
RECEDE...BUT REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
RAINFALL...HERMINE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM
AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES...FROM THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST NORTHWARD
THROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS...AND OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
THESE RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...AND MISSOURI DURING
THE NEXT FEW DAYS.  THE HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING
FLASH FLOODS.
 
TORNADOES...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS TODAY.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY...100 PM CDT.
NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...400 PM CDT.
 
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FORECASTER PASCH/CANGIALOSI