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Tropical Storm GASTON (Text)

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TROPICAL DEPRESSION GASTON INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   9A
CORRECTED
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
8 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004

CORRECTION...CHANGE THE WORD STORM TO THE WORD DEPRESSION IN SECOND
PARAGRAPH.

...GASTON WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...
 
AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED
FOR SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA.  INTERESTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION
UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
 
AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION GASTON WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.2 NORTH... LONGITUDE 79.4 WEST OR ABOUT 20 
MILES EAST OF FLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA.

GASTON IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR  8 MPH...AND A NORTHWARD TO
NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON
THIS TRACK THE CENTER WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA ON MONDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  THE
DEPRESSION SHOULD CONTINUE TO WEAKEN TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB...29.47 INCHES.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...
ARE EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH GASTON.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT OVER NORTHEASTERN SOUTH
CAROLINA AND SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

REPEATING THE 8 PM EDT POSITION...34.2 N... 79.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 35 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...998 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THIS IS THE LAST ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER. 
A PUBLIC ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 11 PM...UNDER AWIPS HEADER TCPAT2 AND WMO
HEADER WTNT32 KWNH.
 
FORECASTER LAWRENCE
 
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