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TROPICAL STORM HANNA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 10A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
7 AM CDT SAT SEP 14 2002
 
...HANNA PRODUCING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS NEAR THE COAST...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA
TO APALACHICOLA FLORIDA.
 
AT 7 AM CDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.9 WEST...ABOUT 35 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI.

HANNA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 9 MPH.  A GRADUAL TURN TO THE
NORTH-NORTHEAST AT A FASTER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.
ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL STORM WILL BE ONSHORE
LATER THIS MORNING.  HOWEVER...NEARLY ALL OF THE WEATHER HAZARDS
ASSOCIATED WITH HANNA ARE LOCATED TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH 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. DAUPHIN ISLAND WEATHER STATION RECENTLY REPORTED 
A GUST OF 52 MPH.
 
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 
1004 MB...29.65 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 ACROSS SOUTHERN 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 7 AM CDT POSITION...30.1 N... 88.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 50 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 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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