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TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD ADVISORY NUMBER   2A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM EDT MON SEP 02 2002
 
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE BECOMES TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND
GEORGIA COASTS FROM NORTH OF TITUSVILLE FLORIDA NORTHWARD TO
BRUNSWICK GEORGIA.

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT
INDICATE THAT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE PRESENT OVER A SMALL
AREA EAST OF THE CENTER.  THUS...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE HAS
BECOME TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD.

AT 2 AM EDT...0600Z...THE BROAD AND POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF
TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.0 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 79.7 WEST OR ABOUT 100 MILES EAST OF ST AUGUSTINE 
FLORIDA.
 
EDOUARD IS MOVING ERRATICALLY NORTHWESTWARD ABOUT 6 MPH...AND A 
GENERALLY NORTHWESTWARD DRIFT IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH... 60 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE HURRICANE
HUNTER IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 2 AM EDT POSITION...30.0 N... 79.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM EDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
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