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WTNT33 KNHC 312348
TCPAT3
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM HANNA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  15A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL082008
800 PM AST SUN AUG 31 2008
 
...HANNA CONTINUES TO MOVE WESTWARD.... 
  
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS...AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 800 PM AST...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 71.6 WEST OR ABOUT
140 MILES...225 KM...NORTH-NORTHWEST OF GRAND TURK ISLAND.
 
HANNA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR. HANNA IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WESTWARD TONIGHT WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED...THEN TURN TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST ON TUESDAY.  ON THE FORECAST
TRACK...HANNA WILL GRADUALLY APPROACH THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
BAHAMAS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB...29.44 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE TURKS AND
CAICOS ISLANDS.
 
SWELLS FROM HANNA ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP
CURRENTS ALONG PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES COAST
DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
REPEATING THE 800 PM AST POSITION...23.5 N...71.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 9 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 1100 PM AST.
 
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FORECASTER BROWN