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TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
7 PM CDT FRI SEP 08 2000

...CORRECTED TO INCLUDE HEADLINE...

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE FORMS IN THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO...
 
AT 7 PM CDT...0000Z...THE BROAD CENTER OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  93.5 WEST OR 
ABOUT 95 MILES...155 KM...SOUTH OF CAMERON LOUISIANA.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 12 MPH
...19 KM/HR...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
TONIGHT AND DURING THE DAY SATURDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH... 55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED BEFORE LANDFALL ON
SATURDAY...WITH GRADUAL WEAKENING AFTER LANDFALL.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.

THE MAIN THREATS FROM THIS DEPRESSION WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AND 
COASTAL FLOODING.  INTERESTS ALONG THE LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS
COASTAL AREAS SHOULD NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE BROAD
CENTER OF THIS SYSTEM.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG
AND TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE WEST OF
WHERE THE CENTER TRACKS.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED ALONG TO
THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
REPEATING THE 7 PM CDT POSITION...28.5 N... 93.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 10 PM CDT.
 
FORECASTER STEWART