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TROPICAL STORM FAY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   7A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
7 AM CDT SAT SEP 07 2002

...FAY HAS MOVED INLAND ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF TEXAS...

AT 7 AM CDT...1200Z...THE HURRICANE WATCH FROM PORT OCONNOR TO HIGH 
ISLAND TEXAS IS DISCONTINUED.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM PORT ARANSAS TO HIGH 
ISLAND TEXAS.

SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THE  POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF 
TROPICAL STORM FAY HAS REFORMED TO THE NORTHWEST OF ITS PREVIOUS 
LOCATION AND IS NOW INLAND.

AT 7 AM CDT...1200Z...THE BROAD AND POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF
TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS RELOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.8 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 96.5 WEST OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF PALACIOS TEXAS.

ALTHOUGH THE CENTER HAS SHIFTED TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE PREVIOUS 
LOCATION...IT NOW APPEARS TO BE MOVING SLOWLY WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 
AROUND 5 MPH.  THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY... 
WHICH WOULD BRING FAY FARTHER INLAND OVER TEXAS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.   
WEAKENING IS FORECAST TODAY AS FAY MOVES OVER LAND.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...MAINLY 
TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN ASSOCIATION WITH FAY OF 4 TO 8
INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...WITH SOME
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

A STORM SURGE OF 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IN THE WARNING 
AREA SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE TODAY.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS 
AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 7 AM CDT POSITION...28.8 N... 96.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 1000 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
10 AM CDT.

FORECASTER PASCH
 
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