Tropical Storm HERMINE

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TROPICAL STORM HERMINE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   6A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL102010
700 AM CDT TUE SEP 07 2010
 
...HERMINE CONTINUES MOVING INLAND OVER SOUTH TEXAS...SPREADING VERY
HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WINDS NORTHWARD...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 700 AM CDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...27.7N 98.2W
ABOUT 35 MI...60 KM SW OF MATHIS TEXAS
ABOUT 50 MI...80 KM W OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 345 DEGREES AT 17 MPH...28 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...995 MB...29.38 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...
 
NONE.
 
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* THE MOUTH OF THE RIO GRANDE NORTHWARD TO PORT OCONNOR TEXAS
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY
YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 700 AM CDT...1200 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HERMINE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 98.2 WEST.  HERMINE IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/HR.  A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTH AND THEN NORTH-NORTHEAST WITH A DECREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS...AND HERMINE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL
DEPRESSION LATER TODAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165
KM...MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.  A  WIND GUST OF 56
MPH...91 KM/HR...WAS REPORTED AT KINGSVILLE TEXAS JUST BEFORE 6 AM
CDT.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 995 MB...29.38 INCHES.
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF DEEP
SOUTH TEXAS.  THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWARD
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN TEXAS NEAR AND ALONG THE PATH OF
HERMINE THROUGH THIS MORNING.
 
STORM SURGE...STORM SURGE WILL RAISE WATER LEVELS BY AS MUCH AS 1 TO
3 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST OF SOUTHERN
TEXAS.  WATER LEVELS WILL BEGIN TO RECEDE LATER TODAY AS HERMINE
MOVES FARTHER INLAND.
 
RAINFALL...HERMINE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF
12 INCHES POSSIBLE...FROM SOUTHERN TEXAS NORTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL
AND NORTHERN TEXAS...AND OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA.  THESE
RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN
KANSAS...NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS...AND MISSOURI DURING THE NEXT FEW
DAYS.  THE HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS.
 
TORNADOES...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH TODAY.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1000 AM CDT.
 
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FORECASTER PASCH/CANGIALOSI
 
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