ZCZC MIATCEAT4 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM HURRICANE ISAAC TROPICAL CYCLONE POSITION ESTIMATE NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092012 500 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012 AT 500 PM CDT...2200 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISAAC WAS ESTIMATED BY NOAA DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR NEAR LATITUDE 28.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.2 WEST...OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AND ABOUT 105 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA. A WIND GUST TO 71 MPH WAS RECENTLY REPORTED AT BOOTHEVILLE LOUISIANA. A SUSTAINED WIND OF 44 MPH WITH A GUST TO 55 MPH WAS OBSERVED WITHIN THE PAST HOUR AT LAKEFRONT AIRPORT IN NEW ORLEANS. A STORM SURGE OF 7.1 FEET WAS RECENTLY REPORTED AT A NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE TIDE GAUGE AT SHELL BEACH LOUISIANA. A STORM SURGE OF 4.8 FEET WAS OBSERVED AT A NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE TIDE GAUGE IN WAVELAND MISSISSIPPI. SUMMARY OF 500 PM CDT...2200 UTC...INFORMATION -------------------------------------------------- LOCATION...28.7N 89.2W ABOUT 30 MI...45 KM S OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ABOUT 105 MI...170 KM SSE OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH...130 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 310 DEGREES AT 8 MPH...13 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...975 MB...28.79 INCHES $$ FORECASTER BROWN NNNN
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