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Hurricane KATRINA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM KATRINA ADVISORY NUMBER  29
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
10 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005
 
...KATRINA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN OVER NORTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...ALL COASTAL WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING INLAND
WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL
WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KATRINA WAS
ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE 88.5 WEST OR NEAR
COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI.
 
KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 22 MPH.  SOME
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  ON
THE FORECAST TRACK...KATRINA WILL BE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL
TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY ON TUESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  60 MPH... 95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THESE WINDS ARE STILL CAPABLE OF CREATING HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS BY DOWNING TREES AND POWER LINES.  KATRINA IS EXPECTED
TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON TUESDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
...165 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  973 MB...28.73 INCHES.
 
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN
GULF OF MEXICO IS STILL OCCURRING BUT WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT.  
 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 8 INCHES...CAN BE EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH
KATRINA ACROSS THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT OVER EASTERN ALABAMA...
CENTRAL AND WESTERN GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...SOUTHEASTERN
TENNESSEE...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN SOUTH CAROLINA.

REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...33.5 N... 88.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 22 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 60 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 973 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 4 AM CDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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