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Hurricane ISAAC (Text)

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HURRICANE ISAAC TROPICAL CYCLONE POSITION ESTIMATE
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL092012
1100 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012

...ISAAC CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY INLAND OVER SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA...HEAVY SQUALLS LASHING NEW ORELANS AND THE MISSISSIPPI
COAST...

AT 1100 AM CDT...1600 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISAAC WAS
ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.7 WEST...OR VERY
NEAR HOUMA LOUISIANA...AND ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS
LOUISIANA. ISAAC IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH...9
KM/H...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
TONIGHT.

A GUST TO 67 MPH WAS RECENTLY REPORTED AT SHELL BEACH LOUISIANA.
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS CONTINUE ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI AND
ALABAMA COASTS.

SUMMARY OF 1100 AM CDT...1600 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...29.6N 90.7W
ABOUT 1 MI...2 KM W OF HOUMA LOUISIANA
ABOUT 45 MI...75 KM SW OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH...120 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 310 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...972 MB...28.70 INCHES
 
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FORECASTER STEWART/BEVEN/ZELINSKY
 
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