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WTNT25 KNHC 041439
TCMAT5
TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL052008
1500 UTC MON AUG 04 2008
 
AT 10 AM CDT...1500 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS EXTENDED
WESTWARD TO PORT OCONNOR TEXAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN
EFFECT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WESTWARD TO PORT
OCONNOR.
 
A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF INTRACOASTAL CITY
LOUISIANA TO PORT O'CONNOR TEXAS.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 28.2N  90.6W AT 04/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  25 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST OR 270 DEGREES AT   7 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1002 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  40 KT WITH GUSTS TO  50 KT.
34 KT....... 30NE   0SE   0SW   0NW.
12 FT SEAS.. 30NE  30SE  30SW  30NW.
WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT.  RADII IN NAUTICAL
MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.
 
REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 28.2N  90.6W AT 04/1500Z
AT 04/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 28.1N  90.3W
 
FORECAST VALID 05/0000Z 28.4N  92.2W
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  60 KT.
50 KT... 20NE   0SE   0SW   0NW.
34 KT... 30NE  30SE  30SW   0NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 05/1200Z 29.1N  94.4W
MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
50 KT... 25NE   0SE   0SW  25NW.
34 KT... 60NE  30SE  30SW  50NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 06/0000Z 29.7N  96.5W...INLAND
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT... 50NE  30SE  30SW  30NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 06/1200Z 30.5N  98.5W...INLAND
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
FORECAST VALID 07/1200Z...DISSIPATED
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 28.2N  90.6W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 04/2100Z
 
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FORECASTER FRANKLIN