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Tropical Storm HANNA (Text)

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TROPICAL STORM HANNA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  41A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL082008
200 AM EDT SUN SEP 07 2008
 
...HANNA BEGINNING TO LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS...
  
AT 2 AM EDT...0600 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS DISCONTINUED
FROM WATCH HILL RHODE ISLAND SOUTHWARD.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS
NOW IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF WATCH HILL NORTHWARD TO MERRIMACK RIVER
MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING BLOCK ISLAND...MARTHA'S VINEYARD AND
NANTUCKET.  
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 200 AM EDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 41.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 71.9 WEST OR OVER
EXTREME EASTERN CONNECTICUT.
 
HANNA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 33 MPH...54 KM/HR. THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER
GUSTS...OVER WATER WELL TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. HANNA IS
EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES...325 KM
...TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER. 
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
 
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER LEVELS IN BAYS...IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA.
 
HANNA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES
ACROSS NEW ENGLAND...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES
POSSIBLE. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODS ACROSS THE REGION.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT OVER THE COASTAL AREAS OF
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
 
REPEATING THE 200 AM EDT POSITION...41.6 N...71.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 33 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...994 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 AM EDT.
 
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FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
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