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Hurricane ISAAC (Text)

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

...ISAAC MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA...HEAVY SQUALLS CONTINUE TO LASH NEW ORLEANS AND THE
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST...

AT 100 PM CDT...1800 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISAAC WAS
ESTIMATED BY NOAA DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR TO BE NEAR LATITUDE 29.8
NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.8 WEST...OR ABOUT 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW
ORLEANS LOUISIANA AND ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF BATON 
ROUGE LOUISIANA. ISAAC IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH...
9 KM/H...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
TONIGHT.

A WIND GUST TO 70 MPH WAS RECENTLY REPORTED AT GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI.

SUMMARY OF 100 PM CDT...1800 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...29.8N 90.8W
ABOUT 45 MI...70 KM SW OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA
ABOUT 55 MI...90 KM SSE OF BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH...120 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 310 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...974 MB...28.76 INCHES
 
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FORECASTER STEWART/BEVEN/ZELINSKY
 
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