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Hurricane ISAAC (Text)

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HURRICANE ISAAC TROPICAL CYCLONE POSITION ESTIMATE
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL092012
500 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

...CENTER OF ISAAC MOVING JUST INLAND OVER SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA... 

AT 500 AM CDT...1000 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISAAC WAS
ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.6 WEST...OR ABOUT
35 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF HOUMA LOUISIANA...AND ABOUT 55 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA.  ISAAC IS MOVING TOWARD
THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/H...AND A GENERAL
NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.

A SUSTAINED WIND OF 52 MPH WITH A GUST TO 74 MPH WAS RECENTLY
REPORTED AT NEW ORLEANS NAVAL AIR STATION.

SUMMARY OF 500 AM CDT...1000 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...29.3N 90.6W
ABOUT 35 MI...55 KM SSE OF HOUMA LOUISIANA
ABOUT 55 MI...90 KM SSW OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH...130 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 300 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...969 MB...28.61 INCHES
 
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FORECASTER PASCH/ROBERTS
 
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