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TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM EDT MON SEP 02 2002

...EDOUARD MOVING LITTLE...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF FERNANDINA BEACH
FLORIDA TO SAVANNAH RIVER GEORGIA.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF SAVANNAH RIVER TO
SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA...AND FROM NORTH OF TITUSVILLE TO
FERNANDINA BEACH FLORIDA.

AT 8 AM EDT...1200Z...THE BROAD AND POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF
TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.3 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 79.7 WEST OR ABOUT 100 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF ST.
AUGUSTINE FLORIDA.

EDOUARD HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS...BUT A
SLOW GENERAL NORTHWESTWARD DRIFT IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR
SO.  THIS MOTION COULD BRING THE CENTER OF EDOUARD OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS OF GEORGIA AND NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
SOME SLOW STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES...MAINLY
TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 8 AM EDT POSITION...30.3 N...  79.7 W.
MOVEMENT...STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...  40 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
11 AM EDT.

FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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