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TROPICAL STORM HANNA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 6A...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
7 AM CDT FRI SEP 13 2002

CORRECTED FOR TIME IN THE HEADER

...HANNA MOVING NORTHWESTWARD...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA TO
APALACHICOLA FLORIDA.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF APALACHICOLA
TO THE SUWANEE RIVER FLORIDA.
 
AT 7 AM CDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 27.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.2 WEST OR ABOUT 250 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA.

HANNA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH.  HANNA IS EXPECTED
TO TURN TO THE NORTH LATER TODAY.  THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL STORM
IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE COAST WITHIN THE WARNING AREA SOMETIME
SATURDAY MORNING.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME
ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS...ALTHOUGH HANNA IS NOT EXPECTED TO REACH HURRICANE INTENSITY
PRIOR TO LANDFALL.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE PLANE 
WAS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER 
AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR THE PATH OF HANNA.

LARGE WAVES AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE
ACROSS THE WATCH AND WARNING AREA TODAY.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE 
CENTER MAKES LANDFALL.

REPEATING THE 7 AM CDT POSITION...27.3 N... 89.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 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 AVILA
 
 
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