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TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM EDT MON SEP 02 2002
 
...EDOUARD EDGES EASTWARD...TROPICAL STORM WARNING DOWNGRADED TO A 
WATCH...

AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM FERNANDINA
BEACH FLORIDA TO THE SAVANNAH RIVER IS CHANGED TO A TROPICAL STORM
WATCH.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF
TITUSVILLE FLORIDA TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA.
 
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
EDOUARD WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.5 NORTH...
LONGITUDE  78.9 WEST OR ABOUT 165 MILES EAST OF JACKSONVILLE 
FLORIDA.
 
EDOUARD HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR  5 MPH.  HOWEVER...THE 
MOTION OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS IS EXPECTED TO BE SLOW AND ERRATIC.  
AS A RESULT OF THE EASTWARD MOTION TODAY THE THREAT TO THE COAST HAS 
BEEN DELAYED...AND SO THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN 
DOWNGRADED.  SHOULD EDOUARD CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE COAST 
THIS EVENING...IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO DISCONTINUE...IF ONLY 
TEMPORARILY...THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH AS WELL.  

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES
...110 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT 
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM EDT POSITION...30.5 N... 78.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NEAR  5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 8 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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