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TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  13A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM EDT WED SEP 04 2002
 
...EDOUARD DRIFTING ERRATICALLY...PRACTICALLY ASHORE...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TITUSVILLE FLORIDA
TO BRUNSWICK GEORGIA.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
SOUTH OF TITUSVILLE TO SEBASTIAN INLET FLORIDA.  THE TROPICAL STORM 
WATCH AND WARNING WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER TONIGHT.
 
AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS
LOCATED BY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT NEAR LATITUDE 29.4 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 81.0 WEST OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST.  AUGUSTINE
FLORIDA.

EDOUARD HAS BEEN MEANDERING NEAR THE COAST OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS 
BUT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD OVER THE NEXT 24 
HOURS...WHICH WOULD BRING THE CENTER INLAND OVER NORTHERN FLORIDA 
LATER TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  40 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  EDOUARD SHOULD WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AFTER MOVING 
INLAND.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  85 MILES...MAINLY 
EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE JUST REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL 
PRESSURE OF 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.

RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER 
AMOUNTS...ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE PATH OF EDOUARD.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN SQUALLS NEAR THE COASTLINE.
 
REPEATING THE 8 PM EDT POSITION...29.4 N... 81.0 W.  MOVEMENT
DRIFTING ERRATICALLY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 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 PM EDT.

FORECASTER PASCH
 
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