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TROPICAL STORM HANNA ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
10 PM CDT FRI SEP 13 2002

...HANNA CONTINUES TO DRIFT ERRATICALLY...BUT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE    
   NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA 
TO APALACHICOLA FLORIDA.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF APALACHICOLA
TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER FLORIDA.
 
AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  89.1 WEST OR ABOUT 70 
MILES SOUTH OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
 
HANNA HAS BEEN DRIFTING SLOWLY AND ERRATICALLY BUT IS EXPECTED TO 
BEGIN MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY 
AT ABOUT 10 MPH.  ON THIS FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER IS EXPECTED TO 
BE NEAR THE COAST IN THE WARNING AREA SOMETIME BEFORE NOON ON 
SATURDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THERE IS A CHANCE OF SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING EARLY 
SATURDAY BEFORE THE CENTER REACHES LAND.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES...MAINLY 
TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.

RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER 
AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF THE PATH OF THE 
CENTER OF HANNA.

THERE IS A RISK OF ISOLATED TORNADOES...FROM MOBILE EASTWARD ACROSS 
ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. 
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...HIGHER AT HEADS OF BAYS...ALONG WITH BATTERING WAVES...CAN
BE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.

REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...28.2 N... 89.1 W.  MOVEMENT
SLOW AND ERRATIC.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM 
CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 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 1 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 AM CDT...SATURDAY.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
  
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