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TROPICAL STORM HANNA ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 AM CDT SAT SEP 14 2002
 
...HANNA HEADING FOR SHORE...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA
TO APALACHICOLA FLORIDA.
 
AT 4 AM CDT...0900Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH EAST OF APALACHICOLA
IS DISCONTINUED.
 
AT 4 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 29.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.0 WEST OR VERY NEAR THE
MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

HANNA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 9 MPH.  A TURN TO THE
NORTH-NORTHEAST AT A FASTER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.
ON THE EXPECTED TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL STORM WILL BE
CLOSE TO THE COASTLINE IN THE WARNING AREA NEAR MIDDAY.  HOWEVER...
NEARLY ALL OF THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH HANNA IS LOCATED
WELL TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED PRIOR TO LANDFALL.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES...MAINLY 
EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 
1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER
AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED 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 THE HEADS OF BAYS...ALONG WITH BATTERING
WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.

REPEATING THE 4 AM CDT POSITION...29.2 N... 89.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 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 7 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 AM CDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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