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TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT TUE SEP 10 2002

...GUSTAV MOVING NORTHWARD AND APPROACHING THE OUTER BANKS...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM CAPE FEAR NORTH
CAROLINA NORTHWARD TO PARRAMORE ISLAND VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE
PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS...AND INCLUDING THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE
BAY SOUTH OF NEW POINT COMFORT VIRGINIA.
 
AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  75.3 WEST OR ABOUT
60 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.
 
GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR  9 MPH.  A TURN TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST AT A FASTER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.  THIS MOTION COULD BRING THE CENTER OF GUSTAV NEAR THE NORTH
CAROLINA OUTER BANKS LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND GUSTS TO
HURRICANE FORCE COULD OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF THE OUTER BANKS AS THE 
CENTER OF GUSTAV PASSES NEARBY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES FROM THE
CENTER.  THE AUTOMATED STATION AT DIAMOND SHOALS NORTH CAROLINA
RECENTLY REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 68 MPH.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE 
RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS  987 MB...29.15 INCHES.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF UP TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS 
POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTH END OF PAMLICO SOUND.  STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 
1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE IN THE 
WARNING AREA.  HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED 
ALONG THE U.S. EAST COAST FROM NEW JERSEY SOUTHWARD TO THE CENTRAL 
FLORIDA COAST TODAY.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF 
SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA TODAY. 

REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...34.4 N... 75.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 987 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 2 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 PM EDT.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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