000 WTNT35 KNHC 071740 TCPAT5 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM HERMINE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 7A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL102010 100 PM CDT TUE SEP 07 2010 ...HERMINE ... SUMMARY OF 100 PM CDT...1800 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...29.3N 98.4W ABOUT 15 MI...25 KM SSE OF SAN ANTONIO TEXAS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/HR PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 350 DEGREES AT 20 MPH...31 KM/HR MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB...29.53 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY... ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 1000 AM CDT...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HERMINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 98.4 WEST. HERMINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 20 MPH...31 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 45 MILES...75 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- WIND...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVER A SMALL AREA NEAR THE CENTER OF HERMINE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...72 KM/HR...WERE REPORTED NEAR SAN ANTONIO AROUND 1200 PM CDT. STORM SURGE...WATER LEVELS ALONG THE TEXAS COAST ARE GRADUALLY RECEDING..BUT WILL LIKELY 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 ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...400 PM CDT. $$ FORECASTER PASCH/CANGIALOSI