Tropical Storm MATTHEW

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TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
10 PM CDT SAT OCT 09 2004
 
...MATTHEW RETURNS TO A NORTH-NORTHEASTERLY HEADING...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE ALABAMA-FLORIDA
BORDER WESTWARD TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA.  A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN
THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.3 WEST OR ABOUT 165
MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
 
MATTHEW IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH.  AN ERRATIC
BUT GENERALLY NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT
24 HOURS...AND THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL STORM IS EXPECTED TO
REACH THE COASTLINE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA LATE SUNDAY MORNING.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 
MATTHEW IS CURRENTLY POORLY ORGANIZED...AND LITTLE CHANGE IN
STRENGTH IS EXPECTED PRIOR TO LANDFALL.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...MAINLY
TO THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  998 MB...29.47 INCHES.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS WAVES...WILL CONTINUE IN
PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED
HIGHER AMOUNTS...CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF THE PATH
OF MATTHEW.

REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...27.7 N... 91.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR  9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 40 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 998 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 1 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 AM CDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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