ZCZC MIATCPAT1 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM FRANCES INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 52A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 8 PM EDT MON SEP 06 2004 ...FRANCES EXPECTED TO DUMP HEAVY RAINS OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA GULF COAST FROM THE SUWANEE RIVER TO ST. MARKS. THESE WARNINGS COULD BE DISCONTINUED LATER TONIGHT. AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRANCES WAS LOCATED INLAND NEAR LATITUDE 31.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 84.5 WEST OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ALBANY GEORGIA. FRANCES IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 11 MPH AND A GENERALLY NORTHWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS... MAINLY OVER WATER. FUTHER WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS FRANCES MOVES FURTHER INLAND. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES SOUTH OF THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 984 MB...29.06 INCHES. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4 TO 8 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS ...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS WAVES...CONTINUE FROM TAMPA BAY NORTHWARD TO THE APALACHEE BAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO ABATE LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS... ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES... ESPECIALLY ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE PATH OF FRANCES. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND PORTIONS OF ALABAMA AND GEORGIA. REPEATING THE 8 PM EDT POSITION...31.1 N... 84.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 11 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 40 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 984 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 11 PM EDT. FORECASTER LAWRENCE $$ NNNN
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